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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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" 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. "

" I've gradually realised that what I do best is universes. And I shouldn't be afraid of that. "

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" I grew up in the North of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver. "

" On rare occasions, Dad used to reminisce about when he met Eisenhower and how Churchill would pop in, in the late hours of the evening or night, carrying a cigar, when he'd obviously had a good dinner. "

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" When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year. "

" I think over time I've learned to stop being a screamer and get interactive; otherwise, you get killed in Hollywood. I stopped being a screamer shortly after 'Blade Runner,' kicking doors and things like that, because I wasn't actually getting anywhere. "

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" Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find? "

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" 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. "