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
When you're watching a documentary, the danger is to romanticize.
people
The people who really resurrected 'Blade Runner' was 'MTV.'
When you think about it, 'Avatar' is almost completely an animated movie.
history
Unfortunately, we don't seem to learn from history, do we? And you'd think we would.
You always worry before your movie opens that no one is going to come out.
definitely kids parents perfectly saturday stay
I was one of those kids who tended to stay in on Saturday nights. My mother used to come and say, 'Why don't you go to the dance with the boys?' And I'm going, 'No, I'm perfectly happy.' I think my parents thought I was definitely weird.
I would like to have a bit of a break and do a comedy.
agreed
I would make a film with a political point of view if I agreed with it, and even, perhaps, if I didn't.
across canvas good turn
You just don't know when you get all the paint across the canvas how it will turn out. When you step back after you've finished, you say, 'This one is not so good. This one is good.'
given
The story of 'Prometheus' is the idea that if you're given a gift from the gods, do not abuse it, and do not think you can compete.
becomes bit infected
By going to a preview, a director becomes insidiously infected by the process, so by the end of it, you're thinking, 'It may be a bit too long.'
Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.
Anybody who does 90 takes has a problem.
beauty
I like a film such as 'American Beauty,' and I like 'Spider-Man.'