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
job
I'm a yarn teller. My job is to engage you as much as I can and as often as I can.
I'm an Englishman who did a film on Mogadishu, 'Black Hawk Down.'
amount dollars fulfill given
If somebody's given me X amount of dollars to fulfill a dream, they've got every right to actually say something about it.
becomes bit infected
By going to a preview, a director becomes insidiously infected by the process, so by the end of it, you're thinking, 'It may be a bit too long.'
beauty
I like a film such as 'American Beauty,' and I like 'Spider-Man.'
saying
I made the mistake of saying I was an atheist at one point, when I was doing 'Kingdom of Heaven.'
deep fiction science
I am a science fiction enthusiast, really, deep down.
I don't make films for other people; I make films for me.
art films people somebody starting succeeding unlikely
If 'formulaic' is somebody who is unlikely to succeed starting down a process and succeeding - then isn't that what most films are about? And art films are about people who aren't likely to succeed and then don't succeed.
bbc
I come out of TV. I come out of live television, BBC drama: that's where I started first as a designer, then a director. Then I went independent TV, then television advertising.
dad entered second trying war
Dad entered the Second World War like any other man, trying to do the right thing.
level science
Doing science fiction at a high level is tricky. It's really tricky.
best truth
The best stories come out of the truth.
comic comics frames good hard imagination left meant requires screenplay strip taking work
Taking a comic strip character is very hard to write. Because comics are meant to work in one page, to work in frames with minimalistic dialogue. And a lot of it is left to the imagination of the reader. To do that in film, you've got to be a little more explanatory. And that requires a good screenplay and good dialogue.