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
cutting good-relationship bullied
And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I've never been bullied into any cut, frankly.
trying
I'm a moviemaker, not a documentarian. I try to hit the truth.
superhero boring ifs
Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself.
science thinking want
I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do.
home technology thinking
There is an access to... people can now afford very high quality technology, where you can have a very good reproduction of a large picture on a large screen at home. People go out less. I don't know that it's going to stay that way but, I think also, we've got to start making better movies.
looks feels galaxy
How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant?
writing process visceral
The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.
intellectual different masters
I love different themes, different venues, different movies. I love to jump about and tackle different subjects. I have no intellectual master plan.
black-and-white gray-area black-white
Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?
believe people brain
I believe all of us only use one tenth of our brain. I know people who use one per cent only!
thinking actors
Some actors - you work with them once and don't even think about working with them again.
teach
Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something.
views way sound
In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture.
scripts directors cracks
Once you crack the script, everything else follows.