Adam Scott Quotes

Adam Scott

Profession : Actor

Birth : April 3, 1973

After a long day at the beach, a hamburger and fries usually does the trick.

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I focused my life on things that are a little more dependable, like my family and things that actually make me happy, rather than momentary flashes of success or anything like that.

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I love hearing about bad behavior. It's just so funny to me. Especially, grown ups acting like weird, inconsolable babies over really stupid things, to me, is really funny.

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I got really into Martin Scorsese as a teenager, so then it was kind of the whole reason I wanted to be an actor. Just like tons of young actors, I think, get freaked out by the Scorsese/DeNiro movies. I loved all his movies in the '90s, too. Then I got a part in 'The Aviator' and couldn't believe it.

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I love a good, poppy chorus.

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No, I don't regret doing anything, and, you know, at the time, 'Monster-in-Law' was... I was so excited to get that part. I got to be in a big movie for a few months. I got work, and everybody on it was really nice, and it was a fun experience.

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I don't think people who are bad people think they're bad people.

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One line on a Tom Selleck sitcom does not a career make.

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And if you get caught up in combing the Internet for what people think of you or how people perceive you, I think that's a slippery slope.

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For a lot of people, divorce is an incredibly healthy move to make in your life.

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Chasing kids on the beach and sleeping is the closest I come to exercising while in Hawaii.

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You know, it looks like I have a varied resume or a varied career, that I've made interesting choices, when the truth of the matter is, in a way I've just kind of piece-mealed a career together, you know?

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I know that I am not entitled to anything, and when somebody thinks they are, that's a step in the wrong direction.

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I guess I'm used to TV where we don't really rehearse. You block it out, and then you just start shooting.

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It's really fun to get recognized for 'Step Brothers.'

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I was trying to get an audition for 'Walker, Texas Ranger' and they wouldn't see me. And I was crestfallen, because I really needed money. And to be told you're not good enough to be seen by 'Walker, Texas Ranger' is a tough blow.

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David Wain just texted me and asked me if I wanted to do 'Wet Hot.' And I just said, 'Yeah, sure.' And he said, 'You want me to call you and tell you about the character?' And I was like, 'Not really. Just tell me when, and I'll do it.'

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I think 'Piranha' won't be in the guilty-pleasure category, because it's gonna be - well, yeah, maybe for some people. From what I've seen, it has a sense of humor about itself, and it's also really scary and really, really violent. I would call it a popcorn movie from the planet Popcorn.

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I think 'Party Down' found its audience primarily on Netflix and stuff like that, and primarily after it had been cancelled.

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I worked at Johnny Rockets. For one day. I had to quit because they said that anytime a particular song comes on the jukebox, all the servers have to stop and do this special sing-along and dance, and I just knew that I wouldn't be returning.

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