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A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.

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Tony Scott
Age: 68 †
Born: 1944
Born: June 21
Died: 2012
Died: August 19
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Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Anthony David Scott
Anthony David Leighton Scott
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I have a short attention span.
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I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing.
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The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.
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Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.
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The world is sick of big IT things that don't work.
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I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.
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I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.
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There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.
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Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.
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I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.
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Shooting in real-life situations helps actors because they're competing against the noise and the wind. Out of that comes things that shift and change, in terms of tone, but not in terms of re-honing the whole sequence.
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I love shooting with real things in the real world. I think it gives a level of drama, performance, and everything seems to rise to the occasion.
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With every movie I do and every day I go to work, my goal is not just to reach for difference, but also figure out how to look at world and characters in a different way.
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The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.
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The real world is where I get to educate and entertain myself. I go and touch the real world and touch real people. That's my way into movies.
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Its very hard trying to talk to an actor about how they should deliver lines, or cut their hair, unless it comes from a place of a strong point of view.
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