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" I am a science fiction enthusiast, really, deep down. "

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

" Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything. "

" The people who really resurrected 'Blade Runner' was 'MTV.' "

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

" The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies, and I'm a better moviemaker than I would be writer. "

" I don't ever blink, honestly. "

" I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do. "

" 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 think there are a lot of men who feel they're being emasculated by having the woman be in charge; I've never had that problem. "

" I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny. "

" I'm a yarn teller. My job is to engage you as much as I can and as often as I can. "

" Audiences are smarter than ever; they know if filmmakers cheat an environment. "

" If 'formulaic' is somebody who is unlikely to succeed starting down a process and succeeding - then isn't that what most films are about? And art films are about people who aren't likely to succeed and then don't succeed. "

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

" I don't make films for other people; I make films for me. "

" 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. "

" Business fascinates me. It's very creative. "

" I have a healthy competitive nature. "

" The hardest single thing you do is get the bloody screenplay right. "

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

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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. "

" I always shoot my movies with score as certainly part of the dialogue. Music is dialogue. People don't think about it that way, but music is actually dialogue. And sometimes music is the final, finished, additional dialogue. Music can be one of the final characters in the film. "

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

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

" Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies. "

" I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do. "

" We can't terraform yet, but we know it exists. "

" Unfortunately, we don't seem to learn from history, do we? And you'd think we would. "