"I like working, always, with a minimum of three cameras… So those 50 set-ups [a day] might only be 25 set-ups except I'm covering in the set-up. So you're finished. I mean, if you take a little bit more time to prep on three cameras, or if it's a big stunt, eleven cameras, and - whilst it may take 45 minutes to set up - then when you're ready you say 'Action!', and you do three takes, two takes and is everybody happy? You say, 'Yeah, that's it.' So you move on."
- Ridley Scott's The Best Movies: Gladiator, Blade Runner, Alien
- Academy Awards for Directing (Oscar): -
- Top Box Office: Gladiator (2000) - $187,705,427. Alien (1979) - $80,931,801
- Guarantee the blockbuster: 70%
- Favourite actor: Russell Crowe
- Actors who may thank him: Russell Crowe, Gerard Depardieu
- Favourite actress: -
- Actress who may thank him: Sigourney Weaver