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
blade-runner blades yeah
Yeah, we're working on [Blade Runner 2] right now - that will happen sooner or later.
stupid thinking used
I think movies are getting dumber, actually. Where it used to be 50/50, now it`s 3% good, 97% stupid.
mean thinking matter
You've got to be able to know someone really well to be able to have a row and then also walk away from it and not have it matter, especially in this business. That doesn't mean to say we have many rows but I think the nearest thing to a row would be just flatly disagreeing with something .
people way another-way
Some people like to do everything always the same thing. That's another way: To do the same thing.
play long tolerance
What you do, is you gradually become more and more experienced, and more and more realistic about dramatic tolerance, i.e. about how long the play should be.
honest blink honestly
I don't ever blink, honestly.
celtic audience has-beens
If we had written Tristan in the true vernacular the audience would have been very small. It wouldn't have even been Shakespearean. It would have been so Celtic you wouldn't understand what was going on.
ocean intelligent thinking
I think going into space would be like going deep into the ocean, like 5,000 meters down. When you go down that far, it's just awfully black. There's not much there except mud and some particles. I imagine space would be a similar thing. The only difference is you're hoping to bump into some sort of intelligent extraterritorial being.
gears switching policy
That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears.
moving majority brilliant
MPC, Moving Picture Company, they're really excellent, they did the majority of the effects.
thinking people trying
I always say to people when I'm trying to get something going, bringing on other producers or other directors, "You can think of 95 reasons why not to make a movie. You've got to address why you want to make the movie and get it done. Just do it." I tend to live by that rule.
fall mean wine
I like my wine and vodka, but that doesn't mean I fall about drunk. I know my limits.
aliens
I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.
interesting politics conflict
Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict.