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Top 25 Tony Scott Quotes (2025 Update)

Tony Scott Quote: “There’s one great script that hit my desk that I didn’t change at all, and that was True Romance.”

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

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Tony Scott Quote: “Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.”

2. “Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.”

Tony Scott Quote: “I have a short attention span.”

3. “I have a short attention span.”

Tony Scott Quote: “I make a movie because it’s something that inspires me.”

4. “I make a movie because it’s something that inspires me.”

Tony Scott Quote: “Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people.”

5. “Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people.”

Tony Scott Quote: “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.”

6. “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.”

Tony Scott Quote: “Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed.”

7. “Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed.”

Tony Scott Quote: “The real world is where I get to educate and entertain myself. I go and touch the real world and touch real people. That’s my way into movies.”

8. “The real world is where I get to educate and entertain myself. I go and touch the real world and touch real people. That’s my way into movies.”

Tony Scott Quote: “Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints – they’re equally satisfying, but in different ways.”

9. “Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints – they’re equally satisfying, but in different ways.”

Tony Scott Quote: “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.”

10. “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.”

Tony Scott Quote: “The world is sick of big IT things that don’t work.”

11. “The world is sick of big IT things that don’t work.”

Tony Scott Quote: “A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.”

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

Tony Scott Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

Tony Scott Quote: “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.”

14. “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.”

Tony Scott Quote: “Because it’s not how much money you make that matters, it’s how much money you keep.”

15. “Because it’s not how much money you make that matters, it’s how much money you keep.”

Tony Scott Quote: “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.”

16. “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.”

Tony Scott Quote: “All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.”

17. “All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.”

Tony Scott Quote: “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.”

18. “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.”

Tony Scott Quote: “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.”

19. “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.”

Tony Scott Quote: “Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.”

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

Tony Scott Quote: “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.”

21. “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.”

Tony Scott Quote: “I’m trying to use the camera to get into people’s heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.”

22. “I’m trying to use the camera to get into people’s heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.”

Tony Scott Quote: “GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do.”

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

Tony Scott Quote: “Its very hard trying to talk to an actor about how they should deliver lines, or cut their hair, unless it comes from a place of a strong point of view.”

24. “Its very hard trying to talk to an actor about how they should deliver lines, or cut their hair, unless it comes from a place of a strong point of view.”

Tony Scott Quote: “I’ve had a love affair with every movie I’ve ever done.”

25. “I’ve had a love affair with every movie I’ve ever done.”

Tony Scott Quote: “I think we’re lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we’re doing.”

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

Tony Scott Quote: “With every movie I do and every day I go to work, my goal is not just to reach for difference, but also figure out how to look at world and characters in a different way.”

27. “With every movie I do and every day I go to work, my goal is not just to reach for difference, but also figure out how to look at world and characters in a different way.”

Tony Scott Quote: “Never be shy to invest in yourself and in your own personal development, as this is your most valuable asset.”

28. “Never be shy to invest in yourself and in your own personal development, as this is your most valuable asset.”

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