I’m not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.
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.
More Guy Ritchie Quotes
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I can understand that the whole world is interested in my wife Madonna. That’s even why I married her.
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Previously, 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.
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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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The idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy.
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One of the interesting and exciting things about my job is watching technological ground being pioneered.
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I don’t know enough about Woody Allen to be a fan of him.
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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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In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.
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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 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.
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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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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 got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.
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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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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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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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The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you’ve accomplished that, you’ve accomplished a lot.
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I think it’s that much harder to make a good comedy than it is straight and apparently serious.
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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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I’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.
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I still love her. But she’s retarded, too.
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We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance.
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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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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.
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What 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.
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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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