Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott
Campbell Scottis an American actor, director, producer, and voice artist. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz on Royal Pains, Joseph Tobin on Damages, and Richard Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, as well as numerous stage appearances...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth19 July 1961
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
book waiting trying
Most of us... are simply just trying to get through the day. And wait for those times in their life that are markers, that put things into relief. That's why we like movies and books so much.
people swallowing desert
The high desert has an effect on people. The place has a way of swallowing you up.
work lazy laziness
Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.
character exist presence
I am a character actor. I'm not a presence actor. And those exist all over the place.
exist films home interested keeps paid television
Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
drive school wisconsin
I went to school in Wisconsin and I used to drive to see Steppenwolf in a basement.
time worked
I worked with Lukas Haas a long time ago, when he was younger, and he was wonderful.
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I got my start on the stage and there's no question that I keep getting drawn back to material and artists born there.
cameras instinct intellect quite until
Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.
dollar million move scares
Am I now going to move on to a 60 million dollar film? I wouldn't know what to do with a 60 million dollar film. It scares me.
couple directed
I've directed myself in a couple of things but you don't want to do it too often.
feature learned process since sure work
Since I was from the theater, that's how I learned how to go through the process of being a character. That's how I learned, and that's what I was comfortable doing. And then, the first feature films, I'm sure I was no fun because I did not want to be spontaneous in that filmic way that really can work for you.
explore front interest reason
The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didn't care about acting. I got into it in college, but I had no interest really in that, in getting up in front of anybody.
call
You can do anything you want as long as you don't call it what it is,