Quotes from 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.

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.

Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out.

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

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

You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.

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.

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

It's nice to be asked to do good projects.

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

Being a salesman and an actor were not that dissimilar: It is a good lesson in covering up your feelings. No one wants to buy from someone who looks depressed.

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

The success of the film is down to the crew.

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.

I got involved in script development from the beginning. It was nice to see how a film gets made right from the beginning. It was quite hands-on for me.

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

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

I just love jumping into someone else's life. It is a relatively cheap way to experience things you would be too scared to contemplate in your own life.

Fairfax was incredibly important to the shaping of the country.

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

I'm doing a Dylan Thomas film, Map of Love, with Mick Jagger producing again. It's a wonderful script.

In terms of jumping into a characters skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is whats required to achieve what I want to achieve.

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

You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.