Tony Scott Quotes

Tony Scott — British Director born on July 21, 1944, died on August 19, 2012

Anthony David Leighton "Tony" Scott was an English film director and producer. His films come from a broad range of genres, including the action drama Top Gun, action comedy Beverly Hills Cop II, auto racing film Days of Thunder, action comedy The Last Boy Scout, romantic dark comedy crime film True Romance, submarine action film Crimson Tide, psychological thriller The Fan, spy thriller Enemy of the State, spy film Spy Game, action thriller Man on Fire, sci-fi action thriller Déjà Vu, thriller The Taking of Pelham 123, and the action thriller Unstoppable... (wikipedia)

My stories are pretty simplistic, but the characters are always complex and always right, and that comes from the script and my research and reverse-engineering what I find in the real world.

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

The true excitement comes from the actors - that gives you the true drama - and whatever I can do with the camera, that's icing on the cake.

New York is vertical - all skyscrapers.

All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.