Andrew Scott Quotes

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

  Andrew Scott

  Prom Queen, Trying, Never Been Kissed

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• But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person.

  Andrew Scott

  Differences, Privacy, Secrecy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Andrew Scott

  Summer, Three, Length

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Andrew Scott

  Trying, Outcomes, Audience

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Andrew Scott

  Important, Want, Too Much

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Andrew Scott

  Guy, Risk, Research

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring. 'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

  Andrew Scott

  Mind, Acting, Serious

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Jobs, Believe, Thinking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Andrew Scott

  Goal, Trying, Actors

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

  Andrew Scott

  Guy, Challenges, Type

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

  Andrew Scott

  Hot, Stories, Actors

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• 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

  Jobs, Simple, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Andrew Scott

  Clothes, Important, Acting

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

  Andrew Scott

  Moving, Character, Different

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Dialect Coach, Different, Fantastic

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• 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

  People, Actors, Flats

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Andrew Scott

  Acting, Serious, Kind

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Andrew Scott

  Jobs, Thinking, Careers

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Andrew Scott

  Thinking, Comedy, Genre

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Character, Stuff I Like, Play

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  People, Actors, Kind

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Sacrifice, Play, Personality

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Andrew Scott

  Drama, Essence, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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