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
epic return
I want to return to the epic idea of the grand, big Western, in the sense that 'The Searchers' was.
liked movies sounds
I try to make films, not movies. I've never liked the expression 'movie', but it sounds elitist to say that.
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The very first film I ever saw was a pirate movie called 'The Black Swan' with Tyrone Power. And I thought that was great stuff. Of course, in those days, Technicolor was really Technicolor; there was no such thing as desaturation. Everybody looked super suntanned.
work
I've seen some of James Cameron's work, and I've got to go 3D.
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Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshiping the same god.
good scripts
It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more.
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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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It's remarkable that people will give you $10 million to go and get your rocks off.
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Dad entered the Second World War like any other man, trying to do the right thing.
level science
Doing science fiction at a high level is tricky. It's really tricky.
industry quite
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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Perhaps because of my background as a graphic designer, I'm drawn to rich and beautiful colors.
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Far from being dead, physical media has years of life left and must be preserved because there is no better alternative.
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There's still a lot of investors wondering what to invest in. And, of course, I think entertainment looks attractive when you read the few films that make these insane amounts of money. What they don't know is they don't always do that.