Andrew Scott Quotes

#1. The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

Andrew Scott

#2. I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.

Andrew Scott

#3. If one story becomes too hot, then you can't forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid.

Andrew Scott

#4. I never make a note of anything; I never even write a plot down.

Andrew Scott

#5. I have to write in sequence and only in sequence.

Andrew Scott

#6. One of my favourite parts of acting is the clothes that you get to wear, because it's very important.

Andrew Scott

#7. I have a terrible superstition of writing things down.

Andrew Scott

#8. I am a private person; I think that's important if you're an actor. But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person.

Andrew Scott

#9. I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.

Andrew Scott

#10. I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.

Andrew Scott

#11. It sounds maybe a little old fashioned, but the parts I want to play and I do play, you don't want to inject too much of your own personality. What you sacrifice then is a slight mystery.

Andrew Scott

#12. I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring.

Andrew Scott

#13. Never, ever wear three-quarter length trousers. Even in the summer.

Andrew Scott

#14. Find out who you are and try not to be afraid of it.

Andrew Scott

#15. Audiences like to be challenged and to be actively involved and try to guess an outcome.

Andrew Scott

#16. Life's too short.

Andrew Scott

#17. I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

Andrew Scott

#18. 'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

Andrew Scott

#19. I don't like it when people ask actors to work for free - on the fringe - as if it's some kind of virtue. That annoys me - actors should be paid well.

Andrew Scott

#20. Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that.

Andrew Scott

#21. I do sometimes play characters that are a bit ambiguous. You've got to be brave about that sort of stuff. I like the sense of people not feeling too secure, not immediately knowing what they have in front of them.

Andrew Scott

#22. People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.

Andrew Scott

#23. I think in my job, it's quite difficult to find work on television ... you don't necessarily want to get a profile for something that you don't fully believe in.

Andrew Scott

#24. I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian dialect has.

Andrew Scott

#25. It's very difficult to make comedy work; I think it's a very underrated genre.

Andrew Scott

#26. It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama.

Andrew Scott

#27. The kind of actors I admire move through different characters and genres.

Andrew Scott