In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture.

— Ridley Scott

I was always amazed about how much I could finally squeeze into a thirty-second commercial.

— Ridley Scott

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

— Ridley Scott

One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven't done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up. Every type of spacesuit is used up, every type of spacecraft is vaguely familiar, the corridors are similar, and the planets are similar.

— Ridley Scott

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.

— Ridley Scott

Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.

— Ridley Scott

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

— Ridley Scott

Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies.

— Ridley Scott

Technology will need to make many more huge leaps before one can ever view films with the level of picture and sound quality many film lovers demand without having to slide a disc into a player, especially with the technical requirements of today's 3D movies.

— Ridley Scott

The ego is there, but I'm learning to channel it.

— Ridley Scott