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" 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
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" I'm a reader. I found out that, whether you're a studio head or a director, you must read your own material. You can't rely on readers. "
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" Because I was a kid from north of England, the only films I had access to was not alternative cinema, which in those days would be foreign cinema; I would be looking at all the Hollywood movies that arrived at my High Street. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 'The Duellists' won Cannes, but Paramount didn't know how to release a film about two guys in bizarre breeches, waving swords around. I actually think it's a pretty good Western. "
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" Try writing a book, dude. That's difficult. "
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" There are some moments that are pretty distressing in 'Prometheus.' In fact, the last hour is pretty distressing. "
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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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" Sometimes, scenes are great without any music at all. "
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" 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. "
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" I think sci-fi can easily be PG. "
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" The idea of flying in general does not appeal to me. I can barely understand why people want to fly at all, other than that it's occasionally necessary. "
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" When you're in the editing room, the dangerous thing is that it becomes like telling a joke again and again and again. Eventually, the joke starts to not be funny. So you have to be careful that you're not throwing the baby out with the bath water. "
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" I made the mistake of saying I was an atheist at one point, when I was doing 'Kingdom of Heaven.' "
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" One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven't done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up. Every type of spacesuit is used up, every type of spacecraft is vaguely familiar, the corridors are similar, and the planets are similar. "
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" Egypt was - as it is now - a confluence of cultures, as a result of being a crossroads geographically between Africa, the Middle East and Europe. "
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" 'Alien' is a C film elevated to an A film, honestly, by it being well done and a great monster. If it hadn't had that great monster, even with a wonderful cast, it wouldn't have been as good, I don't think. "
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" Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor. "
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" 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. "
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" I used to agonise over what to do next, but now I'm making a movie a year. It's insane, but it's only a movie after all. You just hang in there, and occasionally you might make something which you can call art... briefly. "
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