Quotes by Campbell Scott

“The high desert has an effect on people. The place has a way of swallowing you up.”

“The fact is that youre never gonna believe any of the reviews, because the movie is to you what it is to you. No ones ever gonna sway you from what you feel about it.”

“I am a character actor. Im not a presence actor. And those exist all over the place.”

“Im not a big one for lots of genitals flapping in the films.”

“I still try out for the bigger films, because they dont know me usually. But to the smaller films, no, they usually know me.”

“I know its good when I see a smaller film get recognized because it means more publicity for them. When you start producing and directing the movies become a little more like your children.”

“I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining.”

“Theres no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. Theres no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.”

“What we do at its very, very best, at its very, very most, will shift us slightly in our seat. If only for two hours, great. If for the rest of our lives, even better.”

“The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didnt care about acting. I got into it in college, but I had no interest really in that, in getting up in front of anybody.”

If youre playing a good guy, you show some darkness. If youre playing a dark guy, you show something different, like humor, that will mix it up and hopefully surpass the audiences expectations. What Im battling all the time is complacency in the audience. I try to bring a little mystery to what might happen because that engages people more.

Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.