Ridley Scott Quotes

• And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I’ve never been bullied into any cut, frankly.

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• Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is essentially urban science fiction, urban future and it’s why I’ve never re-visited that area because I feel I’ve done it.

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  Topics in Future

  Tags in Feel, Done

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

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  Tags in Enjoy, Movie, Hit

• And anyway, it’s only movies. to stop me I think they’ll ahve to shoot me in the head.

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  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Stop, Head

• 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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  Tags in Loved, Almost

• Do what you haven’t done is the key, I think.

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  Tags in Done, Key, Haven

• I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.

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  Tags in Knew, Alien

• Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them.

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  Tags in Look, Officers

• I do a pretty good job at casting actually.

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  Tags in Pretty, Actually

• 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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  Tags in New, Down, Path

• Digital is a different world because you are sitting at home and a hi tech piece of equipment today is within reach of most people, so they are watching a pretty hi tech version of whatever you’ve done.

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  Tags in Today, Home, Done

• I get so used to working with writers that my prime occupation is development.

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  Tags in Working, Used, Writer

• I don’t ever blink, honestly.

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  Topics in Honesty

  Tags in Ever

• Cast is everything.

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  Tags in Everything, Cast

• I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

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  Tags in Believe, Character, Different

• I was always amazed about how much I could finally squeeze into a thirty second commercial.

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  Tags in Second, Finally, Commercial

• 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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  Tags in Someone, Over, Thought

• My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the place.

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  Tags in Over, Career, Place

• If I have to, I’ll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Home, Come, Talk

• It’s everything and I always make decisions about the cast.

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  Topics in Decisions

  Tags in Everything, Cast

Ridley Scott (30)

Birth:	30th November, 1937
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Director, Producer

About

Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. Following his commercial breakthrough with Alien, his best-known works are sci-fi classic Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, best picture Oscar-winner Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven, American Gangster, Robin Hood, and Prometheus.

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