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" I would make a film with a political point of view if I agreed with it, and even, perhaps, if I didn't. "
Ridley Scott
Film
Political
Point Of View
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" 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. "
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Genius
" 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. "
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" The Gulf of Mexico, they believe, is a huge asteroid. That was an impact zone, you know that? Yeah, for that big a thing to actually hit our globe, it would have had to adjusted the spin, the axis. "
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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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Over
You
" I don't make films for other people; I make films for me. "
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People
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" We can't terraform yet, but we know it exists. "
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Know
Exists
" Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them. "
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FBI
You
" If you circle above Central Park at night in a helicopter, you're looking down at the most expensive real estate in the world. It's the American Monopoly board. "
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Real Estate
Night
Looking
" Doing science fiction at a high level is tricky. It's really tricky. "
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Science Fiction
Doing
High
" I was one of those kids who tended to stay in on Saturday nights. My mother used to come and say, 'Why don't you go to the dance with the boys?' And I'm going, 'No, I'm perfectly happy.' I think my parents thought I was definitely weird. "
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Think
Parents
Mother
" I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying. "
Ridley Scott
Flying
You
Nothing
" Are we the first hominids? I really, really, really doubt it. "
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Really
First
Doubt
" 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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Why
Fly
People
" I tend to watch a lot of lower-budget movies to find out what's doing down there and find out who's coming up. "
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Up
Watch
Doing
" I'm a very practical person. "
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Very
Person
Practical
" I love designing, and I still do it. "
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Love
Designing
I Love
" I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh. "
Ridley Scott
Fresh
Always
Something
" 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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Future
Three
Science
" I like Wadi Rum - it's the best view I've ever seen of what could be Mars. "
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View
Ever
Like
" Business fascinates me. It's very creative. "
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Fascinates
Very
Me
" I've got a terrible knee from too much tennis. "
Ridley Scott
Knee
Too Much
Terrible
" MPC, Moving Picture Company, they're really excellent, they did the majority of the effects. "
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Did
Picture
Moving
" 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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Everything
Film
Time
" Your landscape in a western is one of the most important characters the film has. The best westerns are about man against his own landscape. "
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Landscape
Best
Important
" I have a healthy competitive nature. "
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Healthy
Competitive
Nature
" The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive. "
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Movies
Process
Writing
" '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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Know
Film
Good
" I've seen some of James Cameron's work, and I've got to go 3D. "
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James
Some
Seen
" When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year. "
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You
Year
Months
" 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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Dangerous
Bath
Baby