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

Ridley Scott

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Ridley Scott
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: November 30
Actor
Executive Producer
Film Director
Film Producer
Television Producer
Sir Ridley Scott
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It goes back a long way. I wanted to make Tristan + Isolde as my second movie. My first movie was The Duellists. And I was standing in a very romantic part of France looking around me thinking, My God, this would be perfect for Tristan, and to cut a long story short it never happened because I did Alien instead.
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Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them.
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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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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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I was always amazed about how much I could finally squeeze into a thirty second commercial.
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When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year.
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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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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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Yeah, we're working on Blade Runner 2 right now - that will happen sooner or later.
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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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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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I don't ever blink, honestly.
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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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Audiences are less intrigued, honestly, by battle. They're more intrigued by human relations. If you're making a film about the trappings of the period, and you're forgetting that human relationships are the most engaging part of the storytelling process, then you're in trouble.
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Usually, when special effects get in the way, it's because the story isn't strong enough. If you don't start with a strong screenplay, it's easy to fall back on special effects, thinking it's going to carry you. But it never works. It's just tiresome.
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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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It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast.
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Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something.
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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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You step forward and make it real for a start. You choose a sensible moment in history. Funnily enough, England was bankrupt and the moment is the death of Richard The Lionheart... Richard takes an arrow in the neck collecting a small debt from a small castle on his way home from the Crusades because he's penniless.
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