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" Anybody who does 90 takes has a problem. "

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" The word 'religion' is only a label. What lies behind that, the most important thing of all, is the word 'faith'. You either have faith, or you don't have faith, or you have degrees of faith - and if you have degrees of faith, then you become agnostic. You're kind of in-between, or you're on the fence. "

" I've got a terrible knee from too much tennis. "

" I am in a constant stage of development. "

" Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better. "

" I was always amazed about how much I could finally squeeze into a thirty second commercial. "

" Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find? "

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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. "

" Perhaps because of my background as a graphic designer, I'm drawn to rich and beautiful colors. "

" I've gradually realised that what I do best is universes. And I shouldn't be afraid of that. "

" There has to be absolute trust between the tiger and its master, but its master must be the master - there must be no mistake about that. "

" I try to make films, not movies. I've never liked the expression 'movie', but it sounds elitist to say that. "

" 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. "

" Fundamentally, I always find that most of the films that I've put out are essentially the director's cut. Part of the process with a director's cut is the leaving behind of certain aspects of the movie that we don't feel necessary because they aren't part of the dynamic of the story. "

" By going to a preview, a director becomes insidiously infected by the process, so by the end of it, you're thinking, 'It may be a bit too long.' "

" 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. "

" The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic. "

" It doesn't matter how much faith you have or don't have. I just don't buy the idea that we're alone. There's got to be some form of life out there. "

" Technology will need to make many more huge leaps before one can ever view films with the level of picture and sound quality many film lovers demand without having to slide a disc into a player, especially with the technical requirements of today's 3D movies. "

" It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more. "

" Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is essentially urban science fiction, urban future and it's why I've never re-visited that area because I feel I've done it. "

" 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. "

" The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive. "

" Actors are all different. They're not all volatile. Some are sweet, some are volatile, but what is fundamentally in there is something that has to be paid attention to, in that they are, I would say, needy. "

" I would make a film with a political point of view if I agreed with it, and even, perhaps, if I didn't. "

" The story of 'Prometheus' is the idea that if you're given a gift from the gods, do not abuse it, and do not think you can compete. "

" I wanted 'Alien' to be all about claustrophobia. "

" And anyway, it's only movies. to stop me I think they'll ahve to shoot me in the head. "

" There are some moments that are pretty distressing in 'Prometheus.' In fact, the last hour is pretty distressing. "