The great attraction to 'American Gangster' is these two great characters who are absolute paradoxes within their own sphere. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of men who feel they're being emasculated by having the woman be in charge; I've never… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
There's some politicians who still seriously believe that we haven't got global warming. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
For 'Prometheus,' I came back to a very simple question that haunted me that appears in the first 'Alien,' and no one… — 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
From time to time, there are people in the film industry who appear on the horizon with a unique vision. South African… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
If 'formulaic' is somebody who is unlikely to succeed starting down a process and succeeding - then isn't that what most films… — 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
I was one of those kids who tended to stay in on Saturday nights. My mother used to come and say, 'Why… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I'm really intrigued by those eternal questions of creation and belief and faith. I don't care who you are, it's what we… — 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… — 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
