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'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.
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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.
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Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies.
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Technology will need to make many more huge leaps before one can ever view films with the level of picture and sound quality many film lovers demand without having to slide a disc into a player, especially with the technical requirements of today's 3D movies.
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The hardest single thing you do is get the bloody screenplay right.
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Perhaps because of my background as a graphic designer, I'm drawn to rich and beautiful colors.
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Oddly enough, I find it quite engaging to be working with a female when I'm directing. It's kind of interesting.
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The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it.
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I made the mistake of saying I was an atheist at one point, when I was doing 'Kingdom of Heaven.'
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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.
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I like a film such as 'American Beauty,' and I like 'Spider-Man.'
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I'm really intrigued by those eternal questions of creation and belief and faith. I don't care who you are, it's what we all think about. It's in the back of all our minds.
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I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying.
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I think over time I've learned to stop being a screamer and get interactive; otherwise, you get killed in Hollywood. I stopped being a screamer shortly after 'Blade Runner,' kicking doors and things like that, because I wasn't actually getting anywhere.