Dougray Scott
Dougray Scott
Stephen Dougray Scott, better known as Dougray Scott, is a Scottish actor...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth25 November 1965
You couldn't take football away from me, you couldn't take acting away from me.
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People go to see a film because it's a great story and it's visually exciting to watch.
My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished.
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With the situation now, people might be intrigued to see how a country coped with war all those years ago.
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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.
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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.
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In terms of jumping into a character's skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what's required to achieve what I want to achieve.
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What was the reason for invading Iraq' Was it a humanitarian crusade or an economic one' I would be inclined to say the latter. It was the same with the Civil War, because the landed gentry's money was being stolen by the king.
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It quite often happens that they attach a name to a project and it doesn't get all the financing it needs.
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There was just no other way to play it. There was no question this was a man who was tortured and troubled and filled with so many inconsistencies, plus the pain of dealing with the shocking task he was asked to undertake.
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You could tell immediately there was a great history to this guy, as revealed in the pilot. He has a sense of confidence about how things will turn out. He has great charm and great wit and is incredibly intelligent and meticulous. Nothing escapes him.