Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scottis an English film director and producer. Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film Alien, his best known works are the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner, crime drama Thelma & Louise, historical drama and Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator, war film Black Hawk Down, crime thriller Hannibal, biographical film American Gangster, and science fiction films Prometheusand The Martian...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 November 1937
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I'm a reader. I found out that, whether you're a studio head or a director, you must read your own material. You can't rely on readers.
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I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's me, sitting in the chairs, thinking, 'Jeez, why am I here? I'd rather be playing tennis, seriously.'
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I love designing, and I still do it.
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It's remarkable that people will give you $10 million to go and get your rocks off.
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There's a big film industry in Egypt, and quite a big one in Syria, and there's a big Muslim community in Paris.
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It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more.
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Dad entered the Second World War like any other man, trying to do the right thing.
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Doing science fiction at a high level is tricky. It's really tricky.
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They say, 'TV is not a captive audience,' but it definitely is. You can easily switch off the bloody television.
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The people who really resurrected 'Blade Runner' was 'MTV.'
When you think about it, 'Avatar' is almost completely an animated movie.
When you're watching a documentary, the danger is to romanticize.
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What's interesting to me about Moses isn't the big stuff that everybody knows.
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Churchill strikes a note in my life because my father worked on Mulberry Harbour, which was the code name for the temporary concrete harbours which were towed across the Channel to make the D-day landings in France possible.