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
Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people.
I think the guiding principle for me is working with people, because I don't know how long it's going to last, I want to seize the moment and work with people I want to work with.
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.
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.
I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.
I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing.
It was very hard breaking into the film industry in Britain. I had been to art school, and I was painting and doing commercials. And I did some of the very first rock videos.
At one time, I would actually ride around to movie theaters to check the lines.
Here's someone who loves touching the dark side.
So I sort of thought, 'OK, well, seeing as we're not completely telling her story, it gives me a sort of freedom to actually do what I want.'Â
I'm always dictated to be what I want to do, and I have a love affair with every movie I've done, and some of them have turned out good, and some of them have turned out not so good. But regardless, the making of them, or that love affair, has always been a great experience.
I can't sit on my bum very long in a movie theater seat, and when I'm directing, I always want to move the camera or edit.
An established film director can just pick up the phone and say to a star, 'Hey, are you interested in doing a commercial?'
We had a brilliant upbringing, and we never wanted for anything, even though we went through highs and lows of finances.