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" 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. "
Ridley Scott
Think
Down
Science
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" 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. "
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" It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast. "
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" If studios don't get their money back, we don't have any movies. So it is important that films are successful, and I am fully supportive of that because I'm not just a director, I'm also not stupid. I've been in this business long enough and, to a certain extent, I'm a businessman; I know the importance of that. "
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" 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. "
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" Far from being dead, physical media has years of life left and must be preserved because there is no better alternative. "
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" I think sci-fi can easily be PG. "
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" As soon as you're at the higher levels of budgeting, you've got to get the film made, and the only way to support the film is to have actors who can support the budget. "
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" 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. "
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" How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant? "
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" People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie but for God's sake, I'm not producing a Radio 4 Play for Today, I'm making a movie that people are going to look at. "
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" Perhaps because of my background as a graphic designer, I'm drawn to rich and beautiful colors. "
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" The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive. "
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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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" The very first film I ever saw was a pirate movie called 'The Black Swan' with Tyrone Power. And I thought that was great stuff. Of course, in those days, Technicolor was really Technicolor; there was no such thing as desaturation. Everybody looked super suntanned. "
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" I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's me, sitting in the chairs, thinking, 'Jeez, why am I here? I'd rather be playing tennis, seriously.' "
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" Do what you haven't done is the key, I think. "
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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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" We can't terraform yet, but we know it exists. "
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" 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. "
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" I've got many letters from Muslim organizations thanking me for making 'Kingdom of Heaven.' "
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" I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. "
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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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" 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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" As a filmmaker, deep blacks are essential, and in my experience, no technology captures those attributes as well as Plasma. "
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" If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves. "
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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. "
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