A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie.

— Ridley Scott

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

— Ridley Scott

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

— Ridley Scott

Fire is our first form of technology.

— Ridley Scott

I always shoot my movies with score as certainly part of the dialogue. Music is dialogue. People don't think about it that way, but music is actually dialogued. And sometimes music is the final, finished, additional dialogue. Music can be one of the final characters in the film.

— Ridley Scott

If you believe, you believe; if you're faithful, you're faithful. I don't care what your religion is. The same if you're agnostic. That should be accepted, too.

— Ridley Scott

If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves.

— Ridley Scott

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

— Ridley Scott

I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.

— Ridley Scott

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