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I'm a moviemaker, not a documentarian. I try to hit the truth.

Ridley Scott

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Ridley Scott
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: November 30
Actor
Executive Producer
Film Director
Film Producer
Television Producer
Sir Ridley Scott
Truth
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I believe all of us only use one tenth of our brain. I know people who use one per cent only!
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Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?
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I also love Australian movies. I love Muriel's Wedding - I've seen in six times. Baz Luhrmann's best movie is strictly ballroom... without question.
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In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture.
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And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I've never been bullied into any cut, frankly.
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When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year.
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There's a little thing on your shoulder called intuition and it whispers in your ear. Everyone has that, there is a voice telling you to do something. Most people ignore it - but you must listen to it. I do it every day, all day.
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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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I think going into space would be like going deep into the ocean, like 5,000 meters down. When you go down that far, it's just awfully black. There's not much there except mud and some particles. I imagine space would be a similar thing. The only difference is you're hoping to bump into some sort of intelligent extraterritorial being.
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Some people like to do everything always the same thing. That's another way: To do the same thing.
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It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast.
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The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies and I'm a better moviemaker than I a would be writer.
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You've got to be able to know someone really well to be able to have a row and then also walk away from it and not have it matter, especially in this business. That doesn't mean to say we have many rows but I think the nearest thing to a row would be just flatly disagreeing with something .
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I do like to make films with a political theme, but sometimes it's nice simply to make people laugh. That's the hardest thing to do in fact.
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Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something.
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Everyone sniggered because I was going to do a sandal and toga movie. But I knew exactly how to do it and I know how to make Robin Hood.
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I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can inert and study your navel and gradually you'll fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying.
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It doesn't matter how much faith you have or don't have [in aliens]. I just don't buy the idea that we're alone. There's got to be some form of life out there.
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I love different themes, different venues, different movies. I love to jump about and tackle different subjects. I have no intellectual master plan.
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Some actors - you work with them once and don't even think about working with them again.
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