Ridley Scott

Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries, artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction.

I have a healthy competitive nature.

I like a film such as 'American Beauty,' and I like 'Spider-Man.'

I am in a constant stage of development.

Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.

The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies, and I'm a better moviemaker than I would be writer.

When you're at a certain point in your time - age, that is, when you're older - you start to realize that, actually, what you leave behind you does count, and so you start to become fundamentally aware of your own destiny, which sounds very grand. It's not grand at all, actually.

I grew up in the North of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver.

Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything.

Most people need the money all the time.

The digital and theatrical markets are two different marketplaces.

Technology will need to make many more huge leaps before one can ever view films with the level of picture and sound quality many film lovers demand without having to slide a disc into a player, especially with the technical requirements of today's 3D movies.