My stories are pretty simplistic, but the characters are always complex and always right, and that comes from the script and my research and reverse-engineering what I find in the real world. — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
