273 Quotes by Ridley Scott

Well, not totally because over the years I've probably done 2,700 commercials. So, I'm always ticking. And in a way that was a huge advantage because I was able to take my time choosing my film subjects because I wasn't relying on the fear of not being able to work.

There's nothing really original. Alien was a B-movie. Five directors passed on it before me. Because I was into Heavy Metal, I read it, and thought, "Wow, I want to do this." I was on a plane to Hollywood in 22 hours. It was a B-movie and was elevated to an A-plus movie by sheer good taste.

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

And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I've never been bullied into any cut, frankly.

I'm a moviemaker, not a documentarian. I try to hit the truth.

Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself.

I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do.

There is an access to... people can now afford very high quality technology, where you can have a very good reproduction of a large picture on a large screen at home. People go out less. I don't know that it's going to stay that way but, I think also, we've got to start making better movies.

A good year for me is when me and my family are in good health. I’m just lucky to have good years doing something I like to do.