Cast is everything.

Quote by Ridley Scott

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When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year.

When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year.

Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms...

Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms...

I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down...

I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down...

MPC, Moving Picture Company, they're really excellent, they did the majority of the effects.

MPC, Moving Picture Company, they're really excellent, they did the majority of the effects.

Do what you haven't done is the key, I think.

Do what you haven't done is the key, I think.

It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast.

It's everything and I always make decisions about the cast.

A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the...

A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the...

I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.

I knew exactly what to do on Alien, it was funny.

Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict.

Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict.

Digital is a different world because you are sitting at home and a hi tech...

Digital is a different world because you are sitting at home and a hi tech...

But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the...

But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the...

Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms...

Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms...

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies.

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies.

I do a pretty good job at casting actually.

I do a pretty good job at casting actually.

Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into...

Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into...

That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears.

That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears.

Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them.

Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them.

And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I've never been bullied into...

And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I've never been bullied into...

I don't ever blink, honestly.

I don't ever blink, honestly.

My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the...

My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the...