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
meet possible second visual walks
When I meet an actor that I think is going to be possible is from the second he walks through the door, because it's a visual medium.
everybody
What's interesting to me about Moses isn't the big stuff that everybody knows.
hour
There are some moments that are pretty distressing in 'Prometheus.' In fact, the last hour is pretty distressing.
battle film forget
Audiences are less intrigued, honestly, by battle. They're more intrigued by human relations. If you're making a film about the trappings of the period, and you're forgetting that human relationships are the most engaging part of the storytelling process, then you're in trouble.
want world film
I want to make films about the human condition, what we're doing to the world or ourselves.
adventure smell creating
But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the world. I loved creating the world to the degree where you could almost smell it.
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.
ideas matter aliens
It doesn't matter how much faith you have or don't have [in aliens]. I just don't buy the idea that we're alone. There's got to be some form of life out there.
scripts directors cracks
Once you crack the script, everything else follows.
writing ideas blade-runner
Blade Runner was the godfather of all these fantastic movies that occur today. What's frustrating is that we're short of really great writing and great ideas. Blade Runner was full of them.
dad school army
I think I was really bored at school. I was quietly clock watching for years. I went to 10 schools because my dad was in the Army and we moved around a lot.
looks feels galaxy
How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant?
want wow taste
There's nothing really original. Alien was a B-movie. Five directors passed on it before me. Because I was into Heavy Metal, I read it, and thought, "Wow, I want to do this." I was on a plane to Hollywood in 22 hours. It was a B-movie and was elevated to an A-plus movie by sheer good taste.
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.