Choosing location is integral to the film: in essence, another character. Ridley Scott characterchooseessence Change image and share on social
Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn't quite work for me. Ridley Scott doorfictionfine Change image and share on social
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 demanddiscfilm share on social
When you're at a certain point in your time - age, that is, when you're older - you start to realize that, actually, what you leave behind you does count, and so you start to become fundamentally aware of your own destiny, which sounds very grand. It's not grand at all, actually. Ridley Scott ageawarecount share on social
I'm really intrigued by those eternal questions of creation and belief and faith. I don't care who you are, it's what we all think about. It's in the back of all our minds. Ridley Scott backbeliefcare Change image and share on social
There are some moments that are pretty distressing in 'Prometheus.' In fact, the last hour is pretty distressing. Ridley Scott distressfacthour Change image and share on social
If you go back and look, a completely underrated film is 'Quest for Fire.' That was one of the most genius, simplistic but incredibly sophisticated notion of what it was. The evolution of that was just fantastic. Ridley Scott backcompletelyevolution share on social
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 acceptbigboy share on social
Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find? Ridley Scott areablackfind Change image and share on social
The word 'religion' is only a label. What lies behind that, the most important thing of all, is the word 'faith'. You either have faith, or you don't have faith, or you have degrees of faith - and if you have degrees of faith, then you become agnostic. You're kind of in-between, or you're on the fence. Ridley Scott agnosticdegreefaith share on social