Tony Scott
Tony Scott
Anthony David Leighton "Tony" Scottwas an English film director and producer. His films come from a broad range of genres, including the action drama Top Gun, action comedy Beverly Hills Cop II, auto racing film Days of Thunder, action comedy The Last Boy Scout, romantic dark comedy crime film True Romance, submarine action film Crimson Tide, psychological thriller The Fan, spy thriller Enemy of the State, spy film Spy Game, action thriller Man on Fire, sci-fi action thriller Déjà Vu,...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth21 June 1944
In the biopic scripts, we did address heroin, which was part of her life. To tell you the honest truth, those scripts didn't work.
There was a lot of talk about moving the release up because it was suddenly current. I didn't like that at all. It felt like I was capitalizing off of someone's misfortune. So I had a talk with them, and they backed off.
It was very hard breaking into the film industry in Britain. I had been to art school, and I was painting and doing commercials. And I did some of the very first rock videos.
Here's someone who loves touching the dark side.
This project has now been with me for 12 years.
There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.
I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing.
The world is sick of big IT things that don't work.
Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.
I've had a love affair with every movie I've ever done.
All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.
I have a short attention span.
I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.
I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently,