Andrew Scott Quotes

'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.
Audiences like to be challenged and to be actively involved and try to guess an outcome.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring.
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.
I have a terrible superstition of writing things down.
I have to write in sequence and only in sequence.
I like clothes.
I never make a note of anything; I never even write a plot down.
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.
I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.
I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.
If one story becomes too hot, then you can't forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid.
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.
It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama.
It's very difficult to make comedy work; I think it's a very underrated genre.
Life's too short.
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21 October, 1976
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