Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways. Tony Scott More Quotes by Tony Scott More Quotes From Tony Scott I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing. Tony Scott lucky people thinking I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character. Tony Scott trying character people There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance. Tony Scott true-romance romance scripts I've had a love affair with every movie I've ever done. Tony Scott love-affair affair done The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through. Tony Scott guilt loss morning The real world is where I get to educate and entertain myself. I go and touch the real world and touch real people. That's my way into movies. Tony Scott real people world With every movie I do and every day I go to work, my goal is not just to reach for difference, but also figure out how to look at world and characters in a different way. Tony Scott differences goal character Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people. Tony Scott research real people Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England. Tony Scott our-family england I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language. Tony Scott information different people The world is sick of big IT things that don't work. Tony Scott bigs sick world A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it. Tony Scott homework actors funny Shooting in real-life situations helps actors because they're competing against the noise and the wind. Out of that comes things that shift and change, in terms of tone, but not in terms of re-honing the whole sequence. Tony Scott real noise wind I love shooting with real things in the real world. I think it gives a level of drama, performance, and everything seems to rise to the occasion. Tony Scott real drama thinking Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed. Tony Scott I have a short attention span. Tony Scott short-attention-spans hair attention I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently. Tony Scott life-changing discipline ideas I make a movie because it's something that inspires me. Tony Scott inspire The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life. Tony Scott dangerous scary can-do I always get role models, people from real life who've lived the lives of the characters, and talk it through together, me, them and the actor, a lot. That helps. We certainly have our disagreements. But in the end we trust each other. Tony Scott real character people
