I try to make films, not movies. I've never liked the expression 'movie', but it sounds elitist to say that. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
When you think about it, 'Avatar' is almost completely an animated movie. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
A word on 'Kingdom of Heaven:' if you get the four-disc set, which is 3 hr. 8 min., you'll see why it's… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
The 3D world allows you to engage even more with a film because you're somehow drawn into the landscape or the universe… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie but for God's sake, I'm not producing a Radio… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I used to agonise over what to do next, but now I'm making a movie a year. It's insane, but it's only… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
Everyone sniggered because I was going to do a sandal and toga movie. But I knew exactly how to do it and… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I had been very impressed with the voiceover of 'Apocalypse Now,' with Martin Sheen's voice. That was a great voiceover; it really… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
If studios don't get their money back, we don't have any movies. So it is important that films are successful, and I… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
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… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I went to Art College and during the summer I made a movie with my brother. I got hold of a little… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
The very first film I ever saw was a pirate movie called 'The Black Swan' with Tyrone Power. And I thought that… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, I always find that most of the films that I've put out are essentially the director's cut. Part of the process… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I always say to people when I'm trying to get something going, bringing on other producers or other directors, "You can think… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
You always worry before your movie opens that no one is going to come out. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I didn't want to go down the route of spending a year of my life making a movie that would never be… — 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
