My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I’m not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good.
GUY RITCHIEBrad [Pitt], poor geezer, was blown up, thrown around, burned, slapped, frozen. But never a moan or a whine. Now that’s what I call a real star.
More Guy Ritchie Quotes
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It’s not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn’t.
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I like filming in the UK – I’ll sleep in my own bed, which I’m really happy about.
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It’s OK to have beliefs, just don’t believe in them.
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Jake Green isn’t just Jake Green. Jake represents all of us. The colour green is the central column of the spectrum and the name Jake has all sorts of numerical values. All things come back to him within the film’s world of cons and games.
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I’m single again and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m loving it at the moment. This is what I’ve been missing.
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We’re not unique. We’re quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn’t work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie.
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I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it’s a good crack and you feel you’re on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking.
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You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.
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The idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy.
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If you find a TV series that you like, you like the tone of the TV series or the movie.
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I think there’s a natural system in your own head about how much violence the scene warrants. It’s not an intellectual process, it’s an instinctive process.
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We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we’re being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?
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If you change the rules on what controls you… you will change the rules on what you can control.
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I’d like to work with the missus, but there’s nothing in the pipeline at the moment.
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I got too fed up with films that didn’t make you think. I liked the idea of one that you’d have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.
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We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance.
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I don’t like the idea of agents in a typical form. The idea of agents, to me, brings up the idea of a man in a very boring suit who’s not very good looking and doesn’t have much attention to style.
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I like to think that we’ve got a plan, so let’s stick to it. That said, once we’ve stuck to it, we’re allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in.
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In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.
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I like death. I’m a big fan of it.
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If somebody has a better idea than me, I’ll take it if it surpasses what we have on the page because at the end of the day, it’s me that takes the credit anyway!
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Sugar is responsible for a lot of deaths. Arguably more than crack cocaine.
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I am relatively familiar with getting a good old rumping from the critics. In some cases, the critics just didn’t like the film – fair cop. Others, I think, didn’t understand it.
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I love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever.
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The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can’t spend as much time there as I like, but I like everything about it. I like fishing, I like clay- pigeon shooting.
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I’m not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.
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