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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. "
Ridley Scott
Today
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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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" 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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" When you think about it, 'Avatar' is almost completely an animated movie. "
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" It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more. "
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" I unfortunately do suffer for my art. "
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" I've got many letters from Muslim organizations thanking me for making 'Kingdom of Heaven.' "
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" Do what you haven't done is the key, I think. "
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" I come out of TV. I come out of live television, BBC drama: that's where I started first as a designer, then a director. Then I went independent TV, then television advertising. "
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" Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor. "
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" When you're watching a documentary, the danger is to romanticize. "
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" I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie. "
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" I like Wadi Rum - it's the best view I've ever seen of what could be Mars. "
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" They say, 'TV is not a captive audience,' but it definitely is. You can easily switch off the bloody television. "
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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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