Ridley Scott Quotes

Because I was a kid from north of England, the only films I had access to was not alternative cinema, which in those days would be foreign cinema; I would be looking at all the Hollywood movies that arrived at my High Street

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How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant?

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One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven't done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up. Every type of spacesuit is used up, every type of spacecraft is vaguely familiar, the corridors are similar, and the planets are similar

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When you think about it, 'Avatar' is almost completely an animated movie

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Sometimes, scenes are great without any music at all

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Far from being dead, physical media has years of life left and must be preserved because there is no better alternative

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The best stories come out of the truth

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You just don't know when you get all the paint across the canvas how it will turn out. When you step back after you've finished, you say, 'This one is not so good. This one is good.'

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The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive

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It doesn't matter how much faith you have or don't have. I just don't buy the idea that we're alone. There's got to be some form of life out there

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We can't terraform yet, but we know it exists

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I tend to watch a lot of lower-budget movies to find out what's doing down there and find out who's coming up

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I try to make films, not movies. I've never liked the expression 'movie', but it sounds elitist to say that

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I want a certificate that allows me to make as big a box office as possible

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When you're in the editing room, the dangerous thing is that it becomes like telling a joke again and again and again. Eventually, the joke starts to not be funny. So you have to be careful that you're not throwing the baby out with the bath water

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I was always aware that this whole Earth is on overload

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