Ridley Scott Quotes

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.

If you're involved in filmmaking, you want to challenge yourself.

I'm in total awe of the technique of great film people. Because if you get your emotional life up to perfection by miracle on Take One, you better have a technique to keep doing it again and again and again.

I love having 30 shots of every scene.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

There are a lot of similarities with film and TV, but also a lot of differences, especially in the way they film stuff.

I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.

I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.

As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things.

I like the opportunity to make films.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

I love directing.

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!

When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.

My understanding of films was just as much as any young girl who watches Bollywood films. I had no idea about the whole process of filmmaking, about dialogue writing, scripts, screenplay etc. I had probably gone to two or three film shoots in my childhood.

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

When you're making a film, it's a very technical process. You do things over and over again, and you have to hit your marks and your light and all that stuff.

I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.