I think movies are getting dumber, actually. Where it used to be 50/50, now it's 3% good, 97% stupid. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
Some actors - you work with them once and don't even think about working with them again. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
And anyway, it's only movies. to stop me I think they'll ahve to shoot me in the head. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to think what other sequels there were. There was the James Bond movies and not many. I think sequels… — 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 think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can inert and study your navel and gradually you'll fall off the chair. I… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
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… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
By going to a preview, a director becomes insidiously infected by the process, so by the end of it, you're thinking, 'It… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
Scaring someone's the hardest thing to do, and that's why most of these scary movies are not scary. They're sick, but not… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
There's great wine from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and, of course, California. But there's nothing like a really great French… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
There is an access to... people can now afford very high quality technology, where you can have a very good reproduction of… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
You've got to be able to know someone really well to be able to have a row and then also walk away… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I think I was really bored at school. I was quietly clock watching for years. I went to 10 schools because my… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
It goes back a long way. I wanted to make Tristan + Isolde as my second movie. My first movie was The… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I think going into space would be like going deep into the ocean, like 5,000 meters down. When you go down that… — 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
I'll reshoot a corridor 13 different ways, and you'll never recognise them. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
