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" The best stories come out of the truth. "
Ridley Scott
Stories
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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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" Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies. "
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" Sometimes, scenes are great without any music at all. "
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" That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears. "
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" I don't ever blink, honestly. "
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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've got many letters from Muslim organizations thanking me for making 'Kingdom of Heaven.' "
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" It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more. "
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" Some people like to do everything always the same thing. That's another way: To do the same thing. "
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" How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant? "
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" Most people need the money all the time. "
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" Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them. "
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" I don't get attached to anything. I'm like a good antique dealer. I'm prepared to sell my most valuable table. "
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" I watch a lot of 'National Geographic.' "
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" Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshiping the same god. "
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" I don't go to the cinema often anymore - I'd rather just pop in a disk and get the biggest monitor you've got, and if the quality is superb, I can watch a film, and if I don't like it I can pop it out. "
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" Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict. "
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" The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic. "
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Only
You
" I love designing, and I still do it. "
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Designing
I Love
" In film, it's very important to not allow yourself to get sentimental, which, being British, I try to avoid. People sometimes regard sentimentality as emotion. It is not. Sentimentality is unearned emotion. "
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Important
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" There's still a lot of investors wondering what to invest in. And, of course, I think entertainment looks attractive when you read the few films that make these insane amounts of money. What they don't know is they don't always do that. "
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" I had been very impressed with the voiceover of 'Apocalypse Now,' with Martin Sheen's voice. That was a great voiceover; it really internalized the Martin Sheen character, who was essentially fairly low key and didn't say a lot during the whole movie. But he thought a lot, so I always thought that was really great. "
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Thought
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Character
" 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. "
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" It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast. "
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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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" From time to time, there are people in the film industry who appear on the horizon with a unique vision. South African director Neill Blomkamp is one of those rare people. "
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" The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it. "
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