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" Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them. "
Ridley Scott
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" When I started the original 'Alien,' Ripley wasn't a woman, it was a guy. "
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" How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant? "
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" I'm an Englishman who did a film on Mogadishu, 'Black Hawk Down.' "
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" I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do. "
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" A word on 'Kingdom of Heaven:' if you get the four-disc set, which is 3 hr. 8 min., you'll see why it's such a good movie. It was a real passion project, and it's the film I'm most proud of. I think it was treated incredibly unfairly. "
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" If you believe, you believe; if you're faithful, you're faithful. I don't care what your religion is. The same if you're agnostic. That should be accepted, too. "
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" There's a big film industry in Egypt, and quite a big one in Syria, and there's a big Muslim community in Paris. "
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" The great attraction to 'American Gangster' is these two great characters who are absolute paradoxes within their own sphere. "
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" I'm used to very strong women because my mother was particularly strong, and my father was away all the time. My mother was a big part of bringing up three boys, so I was fully versed in the strength of a powerful woman, and accepted that as the status quo. "
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