British - Director | November 30, 1937 -
The people who really resurrected 'Blade Runner' was 'MTV.'
Ridley Scott
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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 scary. There's a lot of sickness out there, of people who then sit there and watch it, which I think is absolutely dismaying.
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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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I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.
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The Gulf of Mexico, they believe, is a huge asteroid. That was an impact zone, you know that? Yeah, for that big a thing to actually hit our globe, it would have had to adjusted the spin, the axis.
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Try writing a book, dude. That's difficult.
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The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies, and I'm a better moviemaker than I would be writer.
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Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshiping the same god.
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Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.
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The digital and theatrical markets are two different marketplaces.
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I don't make films for other people; I make films for me.
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Once, I got slaughtered after 'Blade Runner' by Pauline Kael: three pages of slaughter. I was so offended, I would never read any more press.
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