The French don't like themselves and that's why Ridley Scott bashes them

Ridley Scott bashes French critics who dislike "Napoleon" "The audience that I showed it to in Paris, they loved it," he says. “The French don’t even like themselves," he tells the BBC. Scott: "The French... don't even even like themselves"

Ridley Scott on critics and cinema 'bum ache' He says his response to criticism from historians would "have a bleep in it" The director says he would respond to critics' criticism with a 'bleep' in it. Scott: 'Napoleon's film would have a bleeping in it'