Award-winning director and producer Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down among other films) was doing interviews for his new film All the Money in the World recently when a reporter from the Denver Post tried to get him to speak against the GOP tax bill. Not only did Scott not take the bait, he actually gave the reporter the opposite of what was expected.

It turns out that Scott understands economics. The film All the Money in the World is about the Getty family at a time when J. Paul Getty was the wealthiest man in the world. The reporter asked “There’s a lot of commentary in this film about the value of human life, class struggles, and the role of wealth in society. Do you think there’s anything to be learned from it at this moment in America?”

The Daily Wire reported Scott's answer:

Well, let’s take the tax bill. People say (Republicans) are doing it for the wealthy class. What they forget is if you get a clever, un-selfish business person — I don’t care if it’s a corner store or a big business — who’s suddenly saving 15 percent, they’ll put it back in this business. Then you’re going to get growth and therefore (people) will get employed.

Not deterred, the reporter tried to make it personal, saying “I’m sure you benefited from some help early on in your career.” Scott knocked it out of the park:

I’m a natural-born hunter because that’s who I am. No one taught me that. I started from scratch. I arrived in Hollywood with a wristwatch and stayed at the YMCA. You have to learn the curve. But don’t [expletive] moan about it. It’s about doing. There’s always a way in. I used to lay concrete on runways for an Irish company when I was a student. I packed drywall. My parents didn’t have the money to help me out. But they were very supportive of anything I wanted to do.

This isn't the first time Scott has made headlines on this film. In November, he announced he'd be reshooting all scenes featuring actor Kevin Spacey replacing him with Christopher Plummer. He did it and still got the movie released on time, just a few weeks later. Scott said the decision was easy once he learned of Spacey's history of sexual assault. "You can't tolerate any kind of behavior like that," he said.