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
Ridley Scott quotes about
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On rare occasions, Dad used to reminisce about when he met Eisenhower and how Churchill would pop in, in the late hours of the evening or night, carrying a cigar, when he'd obviously had a good dinner.
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I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's me, sitting in the chairs, thinking, 'Jeez, why am I here? I'd rather be playing tennis, seriously.'
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Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries, artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction.
attributes blacks captures experience technology
As a filmmaker, deep blacks are essential, and in my experience, no technology captures those attributes as well as Plasma.
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I don't get attached to anything. I'm like a good antique dealer. I'm prepared to sell my most valuable table.
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If you go back and look, a completely underrated film is 'Quest for Fire.' That was one of the most genius, simplistic but incredibly sophisticated notion of what it was. The evolution of that was just fantastic.
choosing integral
Choosing location is integral to the film: in essence, another character.
screenplay
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.
learning
The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it.
movies positive
I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.
saying
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.