I think, at the end of the day, filmmaking is a team, but eventually there's got to be a captain. Ridley Scott More Quotes by Ridley Scott More Quotes From Ridley Scott I'm not criticizing Hollywood because I work there, I partly live there. But I'm saying this is the way it is, commerce is taking over art. Commerce has become the most important thing in the film industry. Hollywood is an industry, it's not an art form, therefore they have to address the bottom line. But in a way it's sad when you get a remake, isn't it? Ridley Scott hollywood important art There's a little thing on your shoulder called intuition and it whispers in your ear. Everyone has that, there is a voice telling you to do something. Most people ignore it - but you must listen to it. I do it every day, all day. Ridley Scott intuition voice people Blade Runner was the godfather of all these fantastic movies that occur today. What's frustrating is that we're short of really great writing and great ideas. Blade Runner was full of them. Ridley Scott blade-runner writing ideas Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something. Ridley Scott teach Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find? Ridley Scott black-white gray-area black-and-white 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. Ridley Scott wow taste want It doesn't matter how much faith you have or don't have [in aliens]. I just don't buy the idea that we're alone. There's got to be some form of life out there. Ridley Scott aliens matter ideas The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive. Ridley Scott visceral process writing In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture. Ridley Scott views sound way I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. Ridley Scott character believe thinking Once you crack the script, everything else follows. Ridley Scott cracks scripts directors But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the world. I loved creating the world to the degree where you could almost smell it. Ridley Scott smell creating adventure I want to make films about the human condition, what we're doing to the world or ourselves. Ridley Scott film want world Audiences are less intrigued, honestly, by battle. They're more intrigued by human relations. If you're making a film about the trappings of the period, and you're forgetting that human relationships are the most engaging part of the storytelling process, then you're in trouble. Ridley Scott film battle forget How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant? Ridley Scott galaxy feels looks Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself. Ridley Scott superhero boring ifs I love different themes, different venues, different movies. I love to jump about and tackle different subjects. I have no intellectual master plan. Ridley Scott different masters intellectual Usually, when special effects get in the way, it's because the story isn't strong enough. If you don't start with a strong screenplay, it's easy to fall back on special effects, thinking it's going to carry you. But it never works. It's just tiresome. Ridley Scott strong fall thinking I'm a moviemaker, not a documentarian. I try to hit the truth. Ridley Scott trying That's a heavy word, but picking up a newspaper every day, how can you not despair at what's happening in the world, and how we're represented as human beings? The disappointments and corruption are dismaying at every level. And the biggest source of evil is of course religion... Everyone are tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshipping the same god. Ridley Scott disappointment evil names
