'Alien' is a C film elevated to an A film, honestly, by it being well done and a great monster. If it… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
There's nothing really original. Alien was a B-movie. Five directors passed on it before me. Because I was into Heavy Metal, I… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
When I started the original 'Alien,' Ripley wasn't a woman, it was a guy. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
For 'Prometheus,' I came back to a very simple question that haunted me that appears in the first 'Alien,' and no one… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I'll reshoot a corridor 13 different ways, and you'll never recognise them. — Ridley Scott Copy Share
As soon as you're at the higher levels of budgeting, you've got to get the film made, and the only way to support the… — Ridley Scott Copy Share
I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's me, sitting… — Ridley Scott Copy Share
Your landscape in a western is one of the most important characters the film has. The best westerns are about man against his own… — Ridley Scott Copy Share
There's still a lot of investors wondering what to invest in. And, of course, I think entertainment looks attractive when you read the few… — Ridley Scott Copy Share
When you're at a certain point in your time - age, that is, when you're older - you start to realize that, actually, what… — Ridley Scott Copy Share
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… — Ridley Scott Copy Share
I always shoot my movies with score as certainly part of the dialogue. Music is dialogue. People don't think about it that way, but… — Ridley Scott Copy Share
That's a heavy word, but picking up a newspaper every day, how can you not despair at what's happening in the world, and how… — Ridley Scott Copy Share
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… — Ridley Scott Copy Share
