Ridley Scott

I used to agonise over what to do next, but now I'm making a movie a year. It's insane, but it's only…

— Ridley Scott

Fire is our first form of technology.

— Ridley Scott

From time to time, there are people in the film industry who appear on the horizon with a unique vision. South African…

— Ridley Scott

Unfortunately, we don't seem to learn from history, do we? And you'd think we would.

— Ridley Scott

It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast.

— Ridley Scott

There's a big film industry in Egypt, and quite a big one in Syria, and there's a big Muslim community in Paris.

— Ridley Scott

Try writing a book, dude. That's difficult.

— Ridley Scott

I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie.

— Ridley Scott

I'm used to very strong women because my mother was particularly strong, and my father was away all the time. My mother…

— Ridley Scott

They say, 'TV is not a captive audience,' but it definitely is. You can easily switch off the bloody television.

— Ridley Scott

I want to make films about the human condition, what we're doing to the world or ourselves.

— Ridley Scott

A word on 'Kingdom of Heaven:' if you get the four-disc set, which is 3 hr. 8 min., you'll see why it's…

— Ridley Scott

Sometimes you can do a TV show on a subject you just can't do in film. Either it's too long or studios…

— Ridley Scott

When you're watching a documentary, the danger is to romanticize.

— Ridley Scott

I want to return to the epic idea of the grand, big Western, in the sense that 'The Searchers' was.

— Ridley Scott

Audiences are less intrigued, honestly, by battle. They're more intrigued by human relations. If you're making a film about the trappings of…

— Ridley Scott

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

As a filmmaker, deep blacks are essential, and in my experience, no technology captures those attributes as well as Plasma.

— Ridley Scott

I've seen some of James Cameron's work, and I've got to go 3D.

— Ridley Scott

The idea of flying in general does not appeal to me. I can barely understand why people want to fly at all,…

— Ridley Scott

I think I was really bored at school. I was quietly clock watching for years. I went to 10 schools because my…

— Ridley Scott

I was always aware that this whole Earth is on overload.

— Ridley Scott

I love designing, and I still do it.

— Ridley Scott

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

I'm a reader. I found out that, whether you're a studio head or a director, you must read your own material. You…

— Ridley Scott