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
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I want to return to the epic idea of the grand, big Western, in the sense that 'The Searchers' was.
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Once, I got slaughtered after 'Blade Runner' by Pauline Kael: three pages of slaughter. I was so offended, I would never read any more press.
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Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.
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The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.
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The great film editor is not a cutter, he's a storyteller, right?
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I don't go to the cinema often anymore - I'd rather just pop in a disk and get the biggest monitor you've got, and if the quality is superb, I can watch a film, and if I don't like it I can pop it out.
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I had been very impressed with the voiceover of 'Apocalypse Now,' with Martin Sheen's voice. That was a great voiceover; it really internalized the Martin Sheen character, who was essentially fairly low key and didn't say a lot during the whole movie. But he thought a lot, so I always thought that was really great.
religion
If you believe, you believe; if you're faithful, you're faithful. I don't care what your religion is. The same if you're agnostic. That should be accepted, too.
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I'm a reader. I found out that, whether you're a studio head or a director, you must read your own material. You can't rely on readers.
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I would make a film with a political point of view if I agreed with it, and even, perhaps, if I didn't.
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You could have ten scientists in this room. You could ask them all: 'Who's religious?' About three to four will put their hands up.
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From time to time, there are people in the film industry who appear on the horizon with a unique vision. South African director Neill Blomkamp is one of those rare people.
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Fundamentally, I always find that most of the films that I've put out are essentially the director's cut. Part of the process with a director's cut is the leaving behind of certain aspects of the movie that we don't feel necessary because they aren't part of the dynamic of the story.
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I tend to watch a lot of lower-budget movies to find out what's doing down there and find out who's coming up.