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title: "5 Ever Quotes By Ridley Scott"
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> [The very first film I ever saw was a pirate movie called 'The Black Swan' with Tyrone Power. And I thought that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/the-very-first-film-i-ever-saw-was-a-pirate-movie-called-the-black/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/ridley-scott-1610_black_the-very-first-film-i-ever-saw-was-a-pir_404860.jpg)

> [If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/if-you-ever-have-a-kid-who-doesn-t-know-what-to-do-stick-him-in-art/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/ridley-scott-1610_amazing_if-you-ever-have-a-kid-who-doesn-t-know_561853.jpg)

> [I like Wadi Rum - it's the best view I've ever seen of what could be Mars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/i-like-wadi-rum-it-s-the-best-view-i-ve-ever-seen-of-what-could-be/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/ridley-scott-1610_best_i-like-wadi-rum-it-s-the-best-view-i-ve_606199.jpg)

> [Audiences are smarter than ever; they know if filmmakers cheat an environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/audiences-are-smarter-than-ever-they-know-if-filmmakers-cheat-an/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/ridley-scott-1610_audiences_audiences-are-smarter-than-ever-they-kno_1853193.jpg)

> [Technology will need to make many more huge leaps before one can ever view films with the level of picture and sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/technology-will-need-to-make-many-more-huge-leaps-before-one-can-ever/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

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## Other authors on Ever

## More by Ridley Scott

> [The word 'comedy' implies slapstick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/the-word-comedy-implies-slapstick/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [It's hard writing screenplays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/it-s-hard-writing-screenplays/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [I'll reshoot a corridor 13 different ways, and you'll never recognise them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/i-ll-reshoot-a-corridor-13-different-ways-and-you-ll-never-recognise/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [I unfortunately do suffer for my art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/i-unfortunately-do-suffer-for-my-art/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/as-soon-as-you-re-at-the-higher-levels-of-budgeting-you-ve-got-to-get/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/i-m-agnostic-because-i-went-through-the-usual-process-of-parents/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [Your landscape in a western is one of the most important characters the film has. The best westerns are about man against his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/your-landscape-in-a-western-is-one-of-the-most-important-characters/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/there-s-still-a-lot-of-investors-wondering-what-to-invest-in-and-of/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [When you're at a certain point in your time - age, that is, when you're older - you start to realize that, actually, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/when-you-re-at-a-certain-point-in-your-time-age-that-is-when-you-re/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/there-s-a-little-thing-on-your-shoulder-called-intuition-and-it/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/i-always-shoot-my-movies-with-score-as-certainly-part-of-the-dialogue/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [Are we the first hominids? I really, really, really doubt it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/are-we-the-first-hominids-i-really-really-really-doubt-it/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/that-s-a-heavy-word-but-picking-up-a-newspaper-every-day-how-can-you/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/i-do-like-to-make-films-with-a-political-theme-but-sometimes-it-s/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

> [Business fascinates me. It's very creative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ridley-scott/business-fascinates-me-it-s-very-creative/)

[Ridley Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ridley-scott/)

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