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" On 'Black Hawk Down,' I was employing 1,000 Muslims. 'Kingdom of Heaven,' same deal except bigger, probably 1,500 Muslims. "
Ridley Scott
Down
Same
Kingdom
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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. "
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Gift
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" The great film editor is not a cutter, he's a storyteller, right? "
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Right
Editor
" 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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Left
Dead
Better
" 'The Man In High Castle' is one of Dick's most imaginative and captivating works, and certainly one of my favorites. "
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" Fire is our first form of technology. "
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Our
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" The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic. "
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Person
Only
You
" When I started the original 'Alien,' Ripley wasn't a woman, it was a guy. "
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Guy
Started
Alien
" I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh. "
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Fresh
Always
Something
" Taking a comic strip character is very hard to write. Because comics are meant to work in one page, to work in frames with minimalistic dialogue. And a lot of it is left to the imagination of the reader. To do that in film, you've got to be a little more explanatory. And that requires a good screenplay and good dialogue. "
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Work
Character
Good
" I like Wadi Rum - it's the best view I've ever seen of what could be Mars. "
Ridley Scott
View
Ever
Like
" But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the world. I loved creating the world to the degree where you could almost smell it. "
Ridley Scott
World
You
Smell
" Fundamentally, I always find that most of the films that I've put out are essentially the director's cut. Part of the process with a director's cut is the leaving behind of certain aspects of the movie that we don't feel necessary because they aren't part of the dynamic of the story. "
Ridley Scott
Story
Find
Feel
" I do a pretty good job at casting actually. "
Ridley Scott
Casting
Job
Good Job
" And anyway, it's only movies. to stop me I think they'll ahve to shoot me in the head. "
Ridley Scott
Shoot
Think
Stop
" I've got a terrible knee from too much tennis. "
Ridley Scott
Knee
Too Much
Terrible
" I was always aware that this whole Earth is on overload. "
Ridley Scott
Earth
Aware
Always
" There are some moments that are pretty distressing in 'Prometheus.' In fact, the last hour is pretty distressing. "
Ridley Scott
Last
Pretty
Some
" Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies. "
Ridley Scott
View
Us
Technology
" Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better. "
Ridley Scott
Any
Ancient
Better
" I made the mistake of saying I was an atheist at one point, when I was doing 'Kingdom of Heaven.' "
Ridley Scott
Atheist
Doing
Heaven
" What's interesting to me about Moses isn't the big stuff that everybody knows. "
Ridley Scott
Interesting
Everybody
Big
" Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them. "
Ridley Scott
Look
FBI
You
" 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
More
" Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find? "
Ridley Scott
You
White
Black And White
" 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. "
Ridley Scott
I Am
Stupid
Money
" Try writing a book, dude. That's difficult. "
Ridley Scott
Difficult
Book
Dude
" 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. "
Ridley Scott
Father
Women
Time
" Do what you haven't done is the key, I think. "
Ridley Scott
You
Think
Key
" I had a quite unconventional childhood, in the sense that I traveled a lot and I went to 10 or 11 schools. I was completely confused academically, but wherever I went, I could paint. I painted an inordinate amount. "
Ridley Scott
Paint
Traveled
Childhood
" 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. "
Ridley Scott
Think
Parents
Mother