“I didn't want to go down the route of spending a year of my life makin...” — Ridley Scott Quote

“I didn't want to go down the route of spending a year of my life making a movie that would never be seen. I may as well go down a route making a film that a lot of people will see, which is the whole idea behind cinema.”

“I think Phil Dick was particularly interesting in that, first of all, he was a very modern man and a very modern thinker, but I don't know what demons drove him.”

“I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.”

“I am really not interested in the cinema.”

“The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.”

“I feel American comedy is a little too light. World cinema, and Latin cinema, is much more comfortable with darker emotions.”