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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
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Dramatists

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I was always amazed about how much I could finally squeeze into a thirty second commercial.
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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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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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Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?
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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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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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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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Some people like to do everything always the same thing. That's another way: To do the same thing.
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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 went to Art College and during the summer I made a movie with my brother. I got hold of a little camera, wrote a script and dragged my brother, Tony, out of bed to help me (which he did not like), so that we could shoot a film every day for six weeks. It was made for £65 and it was called Boy On A Bicycle.
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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 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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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 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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Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them.
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My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the place.
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