Ridley Scott Quotes

I don't want to be 60 years old standing on stage telling some jokes. I want my life to mean something.

I don't want to think my life as a career. I'm interested in my work only because of the meaning I can make.

I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.

It's getting harder to make decisions to just want to do something to work... I'm trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply.

I think there's a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.

You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.

Regardless of whatever I do, I know what my purpose is: to make a difference in people's lives.

The only thing that's important is that every day I'm waking and doing something that I really love to do.

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

It's not about working anymore, its about doing work I can be proud of.

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

It's quite liberating to get to a certain age, 'cos you're not chasing number one hits or trying to be an international superstar. I've done all that. I'm not out to prove much more to anyone but myself really, to be an artist and see if there is a new undiscovered music out there for me to make.

I do things that I actually love and understand.

I do work that I feel I have something to contribute to.

The only durable sense of success is if you've followed your calling.

I do what I love every day.

I'm really happy to be able to live my life doing what I love.

You need to be able to find joy in something that requires so much of yourself. I have to have that deeper meaning in my work and in my everyday life.

When it comes to anything you want to do in your life, you have to be passionate. Success may come, but in the end, the most important thing is that you are doing what you really want to do.

Getting older is a hideous experience; I'm so glad I only have to do it once. But I've kept my mind, my career, my relationship, and I have enough money - I've been blessed.

I just want to do something meaningful in the world. I want to contribute positively. That means the roles I get to play as well.

I just want to do something that I feel makes a difference.

I only do things that I'm passionate about.

When you're getting older, you think about what you have to offer, and what's the point of your life.