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
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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.
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The high desert has an effect on people. The place has a way of swallowing you up.
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Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.
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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.
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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.
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I went to school in Wisconsin and I used to drive to see Steppenwolf in a basement.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You can do anything you want as long as you don't call it what it is,
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When you produce and direct, your movies are different to you. They're not just something you act in.
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I had been to New Mexico many times. I loved it. It's a very exotic, interesting, severely crazy environment. I don't know if I could live there all year. It's such an intense place.
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I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them.