Dougray Scott Quotes

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.
Dougray Scott

Good, Someone, Feelings

You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.
Dougray Scott

War, Person, Different

Fairfax was incredibly important to the shaping of the country.
Dougray Scott

Important, Country, Shaping

I am an actor through and through.
Dougray Scott

I don't like acting things; I like feeling things.
Dougray Scott

Feeling, Acting

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.
Dougray Scott

Nice, Made, Beginning

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.
Dougray Scott

Life, Love, Experience

I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg.
Dougray Scott

Broken, Chance, Golf

I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in.
Dougray Scott

Enjoy, Try, Films

I'm doing a Dylan Thomas film, Map of Love, with Mick Jagger producing again. It's a wonderful script.
Dougray Scott

Love, Wonderful, Again

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.
Dougray Scott

Character, Try, Possible

It quite often happens that they attach a name to a project and it doesn't get all the financing it needs.
Dougray Scott

Often, Happens, Quite

It's difficult to get films made, especially films about poets.
Dougray Scott

Made, Difficult, Films

It's nice to be asked to do good projects.
Dougray Scott

Good, Nice, Asked

Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting.
Dougray Scott

Understand, Acting, Everybody

My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished.
Dougray Scott

Focus, Film, Finished

People go to see a film because it's a great story and it's visually exciting to watch.
Dougray Scott

Great, Film, Story

Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you.
Dougray Scott

Someone, Play, Sometimes

Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out.
Dougray Scott

Try, Sometimes, Film

Sometimes you just can't walk away from films you're offered, like the Dylan Thomas thing.
Dougray Scott

Sometimes, Away, Walk

The point is to be involved in the moment.
Dougray Scott

Moment, Point, Involved

The success of the film is down to the crew.
Dougray Scott

Success, Down, Film

What was the reason for invading Iraq' Was it a humanitarian crusade or an economic one' I would be inclined to say the latter. It was the same with the Civil War, because the landed gentry's money was being stolen by the king.
Dougray Scott

Money, War, Same

When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances.
Dougray Scott

Pain, Character, Feeling

When you do bigger films, the financiers take more risks.
Dougray Scott

Films, Bigger, Risks

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Actor

Born: November 25, 1965

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