Tony Scott

I wake up every morning bolt upright, whether it's a commercial, not that that's a good thing or a bad thing, because I shoot commercials in between movies. But whether it's a commercial or a movie where I'm shooting a major train wreck, the thing that worries me most is when I'm doing a performance thing.

I'm a plagiarist - I always look back at other movies, and I steal, but I steal well, and I reinvent.

We don't ever want IT to be the thing that holds GM back.

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

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.

We had a brilliant upbringing, and we never wanted for anything, even though we went through highs and lows of finances.

I'm always dictated to be what I want to do, and I have a love affair with every movie I've done, and some of them have turned out good, and some of them have turned out not so good. But regardless, the making of them, or that love affair, has always been a great experience.

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

We come from a tough, working class background, so we're very tight.

Dad was a very gentle, sweet man. Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family. She ran the roost with a steel fist, but at the same time there was respect and love for her.

I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently.

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