Tony Scott Quotes

I think the guiding principle for me is working with people, because I don't know how long it's going to last, I want to seize the moment and work with people I want to work with.

Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.

I've had a love affair with every movie I've ever done.

A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.

I have a short attention span.

I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.

I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing.

Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed.

Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.

All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.

The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.

I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently.

I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.

There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.

I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.

The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.

Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.

I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.

The world is sick of big IT things that don't work.

I always get role models, people from real life who've lived the lives of the characters, and talk it through together, me, them and the actor, a lot. That helps. We certainly have our disagreements. But in the end we trust each other.

The hardest scene for me is always the scene when I'm dealing with performances, when I'm actually looking at the guys and hoping that I'm covering it in the right way and that I'm handling it in the right way.

GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do.