Quotes by Ridley Scott

I always shoot my movies with score as certainly part of the dialogue. Music is dialogue. People dont think about it that way, but music is actually dialogue. And sometimes music is the final, finished, additional dialogue. Music can be one of the final characters in the film.

There has to be absolute trust between the tiger and its master, but its master must be the master - there must be no mistake about that.

I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.

When youre 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 youre not throwing the baby out with the bath water.

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, youve got to be a little more explanatory. And that requires a good screenplay and good dialogue.

Fire is our first form of technology.

As a filmmaker, deep blacks are essential, and in my experience, no technology captures those attributes as well as Plasma.

The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.

Life isnt black and white. Its a million gray areas, dont you find?

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 hed obviously had a good dinner.

Dad entered the Second World War like any other man, trying to do the right thing.