Dougray Scott Quotes

No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.

I consider myself an actor that tries to have as many tools as possible in the bag. And I think that includes the method, then of course it includes some improv techniques, and includes all kinds of different things, because you never know when you're going to have to work on something and in what way.

Any decent actor knows you can't judge the character you're playing.

The worst acting is about imitation.

I don't bring my life into a character at all.

I studied technique for ten years, from age 7 to 17. I guess you could say I went more on the Stanislavski side than the Meisner side - there's always that wide divide among actors when it comes to technique.

You can't generalise, of course, but there is a school of American acting where there is a kind of pride in the number of takes you can do.

I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer, I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a bit too much for me.

There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there.

There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.

My approach to acting is the 'let's pretend' school of acting.

Oh my goodness me, Daniel Day-Lewis - huge, huge fan of his. I've always loved his philosophy on acting: he always talks about returning to a state of play.

You know, to an extent, Method acting feels occasionally lazy.

I used to have a lot of philosophies of acting; they all fell apart over the years.

A lot of actors like saying, 'Don't judge a character; you might fall in love with him!' Not me.

Every actor comes with their own experience, method, methodology.

Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to.

There's a wonderful adage in acting that you're stuck with the character, but the character is also stuck with you.

I feel that when it comes to acting, Shahid and I approach roles differently.

I am not into method acting.

Every actor believes in his way of performing.

I don't believe in method acting.

I don't see any difference in the craft of acting, in film or television. It's absolutely the same. It's different storytelling, playing a character over multiple hours, as opposed to two.

I'm not a method actor. I can't even explain so much what I do.

Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.