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" For 'Prometheus,' I came back to a very simple question that haunted me that appears in the first 'Alien,' and no one answered in subsequent Alien films: who was the 'Space Jockey' - the big guy in the seat? If you really go into that, it becomes the basis for a pretty interesting story. "

Ridley Scott

Space

Story

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" 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 don't get attached to anything. I'm like a good antique dealer. I'm prepared to sell my most valuable table. "

Ridley Scott

Good

Sell

" Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them. "

" The best stories come out of the truth. "

" I think sci-fi can easily be PG. "

" Sci-fi films are as dead as westerns. "

" Doing science fiction at a high level is tricky. It's really tricky. "

" My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the place. "

" Choosing location is integral to the film: in essence, another character. "

" I like Wadi Rum - it's the best view I've ever seen of what could be Mars. "

Ridley Scott

View

Ever

" What you do, is you gradually become more and more experienced, and more and more realistic about dramatic tolerance, i.e. about how long the play should be. "

Ridley Scott

Become

Tolerance

" I do a pretty good job at casting actually. "

" I've seen some of James Cameron's work, and I've got to go 3D. "

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

" When you think about it, 'Avatar' is almost completely an animated movie. "

" 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. "

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

" From time to time, there are people in the film industry who appear on the horizon with a unique vision. South African director Neill Blomkamp is one of those rare people. "

" Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn't quite work for me. "

Ridley Scott

Door

Science

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

Ridley Scott

Good

Find

" Are we the first hominids? I really, really, really doubt it. "

" I am in a constant stage of development. "

Ridley Scott

I Am

Constant

" I've got many letters from Muslim organizations thanking me for making 'Kingdom of Heaven.' "

" If you go back and look, a completely underrated film is 'Quest for Fire.' That was one of the most genius, simplistic but incredibly sophisticated notion of what it was. The evolution of that was just fantastic. "

" In science fiction, we're always searching for new frontiers. We're drawn to the unknown. "

" MPC, Moving Picture Company, they're really excellent, they did the majority of the effects. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "