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I think moviemakers are dramatists.

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
Moviemakers
Dramatists
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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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Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself.
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A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie.
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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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Yeah, we're working on Blade Runner 2 right now - that will happen sooner or later.
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I spend a lot of my time just developing material or the company does. That material can come from a book, can come from a newspaper, can come from a discussion and sometimes it can come from a script that got passed over and is floating around.
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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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You don't really know what you're going to get until you're actually in Abbey Road. That's where I did all the music, in The Beatles' place.
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I don't ever blink, honestly.
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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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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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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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When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year.
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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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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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Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?
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I was always amazed about how much I could finally squeeze into a thirty second commercial.
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That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears.
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Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something.
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