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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Unfortunately, we don't seem to learn from history, do we? And you'd think we would.
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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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A word on 'Kingdom of Heaven:' if you get the four-disc set, which is 3 hr. 8 min., you'll see why it's such a good movie. It was a real passion project, and it's the film I'm most proud of. I think it was treated incredibly unfairly.
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'Alien' is a landmark. One of the really good science-fiction films.
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Your landscape in a western is one of the most important characters the film has. The best westerns are about man against his own landscape.
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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.
Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.
Anybody who does 90 takes has a problem.
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As a filmmaker, deep blacks are essential, and in my experience, no technology captures those attributes as well as Plasma.
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Audiences are smarter than ever; they know if filmmakers cheat an environment.
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Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.
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Actors are all different. They're not all volatile. Some are sweet, some are volatile, but what is fundamentally in there is something that has to be paid attention to, in that they are, I would say, needy.
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The people who really resurrected 'Blade Runner' was 'MTV.'
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I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying.