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Anthony David Leighton "Tony" Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Spy Game (2001), Déjà Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010).

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Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.

Commercials, Different, Marathon, Sprints, Way, Ways

I always get role models, people from real life who've lived the lives of the characters, and talk it through together, me, them and the actor, a lot. That helps. We certainly have our disagreements. But in the end we trust each other.

Character, Disagreements, Models, People, Real

I love shooting with real things in the real world. I think it gives a level of drama, performance, and everything seems to rise to the occasion.

Drama, Everything, Gives, Level, Real, Thinking

All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.

Hours, Movies, Revenge, Two, Under

The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.

Faith, Guilt, Loss, Morning

I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.

Articulate, Character, People, Techniques, Trying, Use

I have a short attention span.

Attention, Hair, Short, Short Attention Spans, Span

A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.

Actors, Funny, Homework, Talk

I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.

Boring, Different, Generally, Information, People, Serve

I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.

Arguments, Everyone, Firsts, Morning, Reduces, Shooting

I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing.

Life, Lucky, People, Think, Thinking

The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.

Can Do, Dangerous, Life, Scary, Thing

There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.

Change, Desk, Hit, Romance, Scripts, True Romance

Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.

Close, England, North, Our Family, Talk

GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do.

Everything, Organization, Rely, Suppliers

I think the guiding principle for me is working with people, because I don't know how long it's going to last, I want to seize the moment and work with people I want to work with.

Guiding Principles, Long, Principle, Think, Thinking, Working

I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.

Inspire, Inspires, Make, Movie

I've had a love affair with every movie I've ever done.

Affair, Done, Love, Love Affair

Shooting in real-life situations helps actors because they're competing against the noise and the wind. Out of that comes things that shift and change, in terms of tone, but not in terms of re-honing the whole sequence.

Actors, Helps, Real, Whole, Wind

The hardest scene for me is always the scene when I'm dealing with performances, when I'm actually looking at the guys and hoping that I'm covering it in the right way and that I'm handling it in the right way.

Covering, Guy, Performances, Scene, Way