Sometimes you can do a TV show on a subject you just can’t do in film. Either it’s too long or studios will perceive it as not being commercial. Ridley Scott Read Quote
They say, ‘TV is not a captive audience,’ but it definitely is. You can easily switch off the bloody television. Ridley Scott Read Quote
I’m a reader. I found out that, whether you’re a studio head or a director, you must read your own material. You can’t rely on readers. Ridley Scott Read Quote
The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive. Ridley Scott Read Quote
By going to a preview, a director becomes insidiously infected by the process, so by the end of it, you’re thinking, ‘It may be a bit too long.’ Ridley Scott Read Quote
You just don’t know when you get all the paint across the canvas how it will turn out. When you step back after you’ve finished, you say, ‘This one is not so good. This one is good.’ Ridley Scott Read Quote
