Dougray Scott Quotes

• 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.

  Dougray Scott

• You’d have to have one hell of an imagination to completely make up a story, but historians are very anal about what they think should be portrayed on screen. Thankfully they don’t make movies; we do.

  Dougray Scott

• You grow up a lot in terms of your understanding of the industry and how to deal with the corporate things.

  Dougray Scott

• You couldn’t take football away from me, you couldn’t take acting away from me.

  Dougray Scott

• With the situation now, people might be intrigued to see how a country coped with war all those years ago.

  Dougray Scott

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

  Dougray Scott

• 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

• 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

• The success of the film is down to the crew.

  Dougray Scott

• The point is to be involved in the moment.

  Dougray Scott

• Sometimes you just can’t walk away from films you’re offered, like the Dylan Thomas thing.

  Dougray Scott

• 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

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

  Dougray Scott

• People go to see a film because it’s a great story and it’s visually exciting to watch.

  Dougray Scott

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

  Dougray Scott

• Method acting is a label I don’t really understand, because there’s a method to everybody’s acting.

  Dougray Scott

• It’s nice to be asked to do good projects.

  Dougray Scott

• It’s difficult to get films made, especially films about poets.

  Dougray Scott

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

  Dougray Scott

• 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

Dougray Scott (29)

Birth:	25th November, 1965
Nationality:	Scottish
Profession:	Actor

About

Dougray Scott was born in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. He is a Scottish actor. He appeared in his first role on the television series Soldier Soldier and made his film debut in Twin Town. His first major film roles were as Prince Henry in Ever After. He also appeared in the NBC series Heist, which aired in March 2006 for five episodes. He starred in The Day of the Triffids.

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