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Ridley Scott

Profession : Director

Birth : November 30, 1937

The idea of flying in general does not appeal to me. I can barely understand why people want to fly at all, other than that it's occasionally necessary.

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The word 'religion' is only a label. What lies behind that, the most important thing of all, is the word 'faith'. You either have faith, or you don't have faith, or you have degrees of faith - and if you have degrees of faith, then you become agnostic. You're kind of in-between, or you're on the fence.

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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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Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict.

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I was one of those kids who tended to stay in on Saturday nights. My mother used to come and say, 'Why don't you go to the dance with the boys?' And I'm going, 'No, I'm perfectly happy.' I think my parents thought I was definitely weird.

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The great film editor is not a cutter, he's a storyteller, right?

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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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The word 'comedy' implies slapstick.

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From time to time, there are people in the film industry who appear on the horizon with a unique vision. South African director Neill Blomkamp is one of those rare people.

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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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Try writing a book, dude. That's difficult.

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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.

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You just don't know when you get all the paint across the canvas how it will turn out. When you step back after you've finished, you say, 'This one is not so good. This one is good.'

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I think there are a lot of men who feel they're being emasculated by having the woman be in charge; I've never had that problem.

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I don't ever blink, honestly.

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I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie.

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A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie.

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People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie but for God's sake, I'm not producing a Radio 4 Play for Today, I'm making a movie that people are going to look at.

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Most people need the money all the time.

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I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do.

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