Ridley Scott Quotes

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Ridley Scott

Profession : Director

Birth : November 30, 1937

The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.

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I think, at the end of the day, filmmaking is a team, but eventually there's got to be a captain.

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In science fiction, we're always searching for new frontiers. We're drawn to the unknown.

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How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant?

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Far from being dead, physical media has years of life left and must be preserved because there is no better alternative.

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That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears.

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'The Man In High Castle' is one of Dick's most imaginative and captivating works, and certainly one of my favorites.

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I always shoot my movies with score as certainly part of the dialogue. Music is dialogue. People don't think about it that way, but music is actually dialogue. And sometimes music is the final, finished, additional dialogue. Music can be one of the final characters in the film.

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The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it.

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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.

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I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh.

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The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.

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I like Wadi Rum - it's the best view I've ever seen of what could be Mars.

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When you're in the editing room, the dangerous thing is that it becomes like telling a joke again and again and again. Eventually, the joke starts to not be funny. So you have to be careful that you're not throwing the baby out with the bath water.

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I like a film such as 'American Beauty,' and I like 'Spider-Man.'

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The story of 'Prometheus' is the idea that if you're given a gift from the gods, do not abuse it, and do not think you can compete.

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In film, it's very important to not allow yourself to get sentimental, which, being British, I try to avoid. People sometimes regard sentimentality as emotion. It is not. Sentimentality is unearned emotion.

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I would make a film with a political point of view if I agreed with it, and even, perhaps, if I didn't.

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I've got a terrible knee from too much tennis.

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Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshiping the same god.

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