Ridley Scott Quotes

'Alien' is one of my all-time favorite horror films - that has a great monster.

I really love 'The Thing.'

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

You can have an amazing director and terrible script, and the film's not going to be great. But if you have the most incredible script and an okay director, you could still get a really good film.

On the first movie we got good reviews, but we were still dealing with genre stuff. It's going away. Judge the movie - is it a good one or a bad one? We know we made a great movie and it's being judged for just being a good film.

'Up' was the best. The first 10 minutes of that movie made me weep. It was so well done... even if that montage was all I'd seen, just as a short film, that was great. That was my favorite thing of the year.

I think in the old days, films really went for the shock, with the blood and guts, but movies are getting better. The writing and directing have improved a lot, because the audience demands it.

If a film is good, it will work no matter what.

Yeah I think Pitch Black was edgy, I think that's what worked for our film.

What I love about 'The Walking Dead' is it's a human story, which is to me what makes the comic book so good, but once you jump from the pages of the book to the screen, the gore and the zombies have to look great.

I have a great little camera, and I had a theory that if the story is interesting, it doesn't matter what medium you shoot it on. You just have to make a good film.

I actually like older horror movies more than newer ones because when I'm watching newer ones, like 'Chucky' or 'Saw' or whatever, I'm like, 'Come on, really, this isn't even good, all it is is blood and knives.' I like when it has a story line, you know? When it's actually a movie.

A film is sort of binary - it either works or it doesn't work. It has nothing to do with how good a job you do. If you bring it up to an adequate level where the audience goes with the movie, then it works, that is all.

When art in general, and film in particular, succeeds is when it pulls you away onto a voyage. Then it's a good film.

I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.

'Alien' is a great movie. So is 'Close Encounters.' But I'm not the guy who goes out to the science-fiction festival. '2001's good.

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.

I just want to make great films and be good in them. And I think that my perception of what's great in a film is constantly evolving.

Alone is a much better film than House of the Dead and better than most horror movies out today.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. It's so well done, it's so contemporary, and the filmmaking is so smart.

When there's a great horror movie, people are like, 'Horror's back!' And when there's a series of not so good ones, 'Horror's dead.' I think it's all about the quality. When there are one or two good horror movies in a row, people come out interested again.

We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good.

With most other genres, you need movie stars. With horror, you just need a story.

Great stories and acting always win the day. If the story behind the scares is dramatic and the filmmaking is great, it works. If those things aren't great and the scares are secondary, it doesn't.