The idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy.
GUY RITCHIEThe idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy.
GUY RITCHIEI can understand that the whole world is interested in my wife Madonna. That’s even why I married her.
GUY RITCHIEWhat I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they’re sort of larger than life and I think I’m still suffering from that reaction.
GUY RITCHIEI think everything you do, characters I always find, have their own voices and once you establish who that character is you find a different voice. I think it’s just a question of establishing that character and the voice speaks through that character.
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.
GUY RITCHIEPreviously, on Lock, Stock, I went to bed at two in the morning and woke up at five in the morning, and on this one I was known to nod off on the set occasionally.
GUY RITCHIEOne of the interesting and exciting things about my job is watching technological ground being pioneered.
GUY RITCHIEI love fatherhood. I could bang on about kids forever.
GUY RITCHIEI like death. I’m a big fan of it.
GUY RITCHIEWe’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.
GUY RITCHIEIf you change the rules on what controls you… you will change the rules on what you can control.
GUY RITCHIEI’m not politically motivated. I used to be – passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I went very Right wing, and now I rest somewhere in the middle.
GUY RITCHIEI’d like to work with the missus, but there’s nothing in the pipeline at the moment.
GUY RITCHIEI think it’s that much harder to make a good comedy than it is straight and apparently serious.
GUY RITCHIEMy 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 RITCHIEIt’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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