Tony Scott
Tony Scott
Anthony David Leighton "Tony" Scottwas an English film director and producer. His films come from a broad range of genres, including the action drama Top Gun, action comedy Beverly Hills Cop II, auto racing film Days of Thunder, action comedy The Last Boy Scout, romantic dark comedy crime film True Romance, submarine action film Crimson Tide, psychological thriller The Fan, spy thriller Enemy of the State, spy film Spy Game, action thriller Man on Fire, sci-fi action thriller Déjà Vu,...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth21 June 1944
The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life,
Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed.
I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.
I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently,
I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.
Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.
I always get role models, people from real life who've lived the lives of the characters, and talk it through together, me, them and the actor, a lot. That helps. We certainly have our disagreements. But in the end we trust each other.
The world is sick of big IT things that don't work.
I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.
A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.
The real world is where I get to educate and entertain myself. I go and touch the real world and touch real people. That's my way into movies.
Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.
I've had a love affair with every movie I've ever done.
The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.