273 Quotes by Ridley Scott

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    I come out of TV. I come out of live television, BBC drama: that's where I started first as a designer, then a director. Then I went independent TV, then television advertising.

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    On rare occasions, Dad used to reminisce about when he met Eisenhower and how Churchill would pop in, in the late hours of the evening or night, carrying a cigar, when he'd obviously had a good dinner.

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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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    I don't make films for other people; I make films for me.

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    You could have ten scientists in this room. You could ask them all: 'Who's religious?' About three to four will put their hands up.

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    You can't stand there wringing your hands, you have to deal with how you are going to fix it. Everything has to come from a positive stance.

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    I grew up in the North of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver.

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    I don't go to the cinema often anymore - I'd rather just pop in a disk and get the biggest monitor you've got, and if the quality is superb, I can watch a film, and if I don't like it I can pop it out.

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