Scoot McNairy
Scoot McNairy
John Marcus "Scoot" McNairy is an American actor and producer known for roles in In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Monsters, Argo, Killing Them Softly, Promised Land, Non-Stop, and Gone Girl...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 November 1980
CityDallas, TX
CountryUnited States of America
choices mind different
I make different choices in regards to the stories I want to be a part of. In my mind, it's a totally different medium. Commercials are little skits, and movies are stories; I became a little more picky in my choices for stories that I wanted to be involved in.
I've been asked, 'What was your big break?' I don't feel like I've had a big break. It's been a slow, slow break.
age childhood creek entire great hanging lived sixteen spent watch
'Stand By Me' was really great for me and my buddies; we'd all watch that together because that was us - we were down in the creek and hanging out every day and going on little adventures. I had about sixteen friends who are all about the same age as me and lived in a three-block radius. We spent our entire childhood down in that creek.
awesome country creative found full knew love move spend stay stuff
I love L.A. It was an awesome place to spend my 20s, full of creative people, but I never wanted to stay there. It wasn't necessarily Texas that I wanted to move to; I just knew I wanted to live in the country somewhere. My wife and I found this place in Texas that we really liked, so we packed up our stuff and moved.
littles tweak bits
When you hire somebody, you shouldn't have to tell them [a lot of what] to do; you hire them because you like their work and all you've got to do is tweak them a little bit.
wish wow like-you
Not all pictures but some pictures you're like, "Wow, I wish I could be there" or you feel like you are there. I don't know what it is about cinematography.
eye disability dyslexia
I guess through my learning disability, through dyslexia, I've always been a visual learner - I take in everything through my eyes.
real actors normal
It's weird that you have to work really, really hard just to be real or normal. Everybody's got their different techniques, but what makes a really good actor is somebody who's really believable.
hands black want
I did not have a computer until recently. I'm not really a computer person; I'm really hands-on. I can't make it work if it's all behind the black curtain. It doesn't interest me. I want to see what's actually happening back there.
photography cinematography courses
I had a love for photography, which of course rolled into cinematography.
thinking acting tunes
I think acting has made me very in tune with human behavior and myself as well.
block adventure childhood
Stand By Me' was really great for me and my buddies; we'd all watch that together because that was us - we were down in the creek and hanging out every day and going on little adventures. I had about sixteen friends who are all about the same age as me and lived in a three-block radius. We spent our entire childhood down in that creek.
opportunity careers trying
I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities to get better at what I'm doing.
hands admiration andrew
I really love Andrew Dominik's movies. When you work with someone whose movies you really love and who you have a lot of admiration for, you turn into putty in their hands.