Dad was a very gentle, sweet man. Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family. She ran the roost with a steel fist, but at the same time there was respect and love for her. — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
An established film director can just pick up the phone and say to a star, 'Hey, are you interested in doing a commercial?' — Tony Scott Copy Share
It was very hard breaking into the film industry in Britain. I had been to art school, and I was painting and doing commercials.… — Tony Scott Copy Share
I can't sit on my bum very long in a movie theater seat, and when I'm directing, I always want to move the camera… — Tony Scott Copy Share
The true excitement comes from the actors - that gives you the true drama - and whatever I can do with the camera, that's… — Tony Scott Copy Share
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,… — Tony Scott Copy Share
I always get role models, people from real life who've lived the lives of the characters, and talk it through together, me, them and… — Tony Scott Copy Share
If you look at my body of work, there's always a dark side to my characters. They've always got a skeleton in the closet;… — Tony Scott Copy Share
I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing. — Tony Scott Copy Share
There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance. — Tony Scott Copy Share
