Scaring someone's the hardest thing to do, and that's why most of scary movies are not scary. They're sick, but not scary. There's a lot of sickness out there, of people who then sit there and watch it, which I think is absolutely dismaying.
Ridley ScottIf we had written Tristan in the true vernacular the audience would have been very small. It wouldn't have even been Shakespearean. It would have been so Celtic you wouldn't understand what was going on.
Ridley ScottSome people like to do everything always the same thing. That's another way: To do the same thing.
Ridley ScottI'm very competitive. I just go with what engages or fascinates me in my work and that's it. I have no definition; I just love to do it.
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