Words matter. These are the best Dougray Scott Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
You’re making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you’re not going to go and see it. I’d rather see paint dry.
It’s nice to be asked to do good projects.
I’m doing a Dylan Thomas film, Map of Love, with Mick Jagger producing again. It’s a wonderful script.
You couldn’t take football away from me, you couldn’t take acting away from me.
Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it’s the way it pans out.
I try and do films I know I’m going to enjoy watching as well as being in.
People go to see a film because it’s a great story and it’s visually exciting to watch.
Fairfax was incredibly important to the shaping of the country.
It’s difficult to get films made, especially films about poets.
The point is to be involved in the moment.
Sometimes you just can’t walk away from films you’re offered, like the Dylan Thomas thing.
It quite often happens that they attach a name to a project and it doesn’t get all the financing it needs.
I just love jumping into someone else’s life. It is a relatively cheap way to experience things you would be too scared to contemplate in your own life.
I don’t like acting things; I like feeling things.
The success of the film is down to the crew.
I got involved in script development from the beginning. It was nice to see how a film gets made right from the beginning. It was quite hands-on for me.
Being a salesman and an actor were not that dissimilar: It is a good lesson in covering up your feelings. No one wants to buy from someone who looks depressed.
In terms of jumping into a character’s skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what’s required to achieve what I want to achieve.
Method acting is a label I don’t really understand, because there’s a method to everybody’s acting.
When you do bigger films, the financiers take more risks.
