Adam Scott Quotes

Adam Scott

Profession : Actor

Birth : April 3, 1973

For me, the comedies that truly work are the ones that are grounded in some way. If it's all heightened, it's really hard. It's a little slippery. It's hard to get purchase on the side of the wall.

Adam Scott

I was a political junkie, and it just exhausted me, and after Obama won, I just kind of unplugged from all of that for a while.

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I immediately understood the general air of humiliation that comes with trying to do something as ridiculous as be an actor in Hollywood. It's just kind of an embarrassing endeavor.

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I remember, the first time I played a parent was - I did a guest spot on 'Veronica Mars,' and they were like, 'OK, and this is your daughter,' and there's this little girl standing there. And I remember thinking, 'OK, this is weird... I guess I'm old enough to have a daughter.'

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Going to the roof of the Empire State Building is pretty amazing for kids.

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If I had gotten the parts in 'Scream' or 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' I would not have been very good in them, and I would've squandered whatever success I had gotten because I wasn't ready for that sort of thing. So I feel grateful for all of the years that I have behind me trying to get traction and a career.

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I've barfed in movies before. It seems like it always ends up being Campbell's soup mixed with something else.

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My upbringing was healthy and terrific.

Adam Scott

I think when you're on a network show, it's crazy how different it is... just being on a network show that reaches that many people. It's not like I'm very famous, but seemingly overnight, I would get recognized more, and it was really weird.

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If I would have had the same opportunities when I was 22, there's a good chance I would have squandered them. I know my work wouldn't have been any good.

Adam Scott

In television, you make an hour-long episode every seven days; we used to make 'Party Down' in four days per episode. It's quick and with independent movies is the same: you gotta keep moving. It's very similar.

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I grew up right in Santa Cruz, right across the bay from Monterey. I would go to Monterey all the time.

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If I look at it and feel there is someone who can do it better, I won't do it. Whether it's 'Party Down' or 'Piranha 3-D,' I'm going to bring something to it to make it special.

Adam Scott

I think people are getting more and more comfortable - watching content at home is blurring that line, because people are getting used to watching movies at home.

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I was a pretentious teenager, so of course I had, you know, 'Raging Bull' posters and all of that. 'Raging Bull' is not a pretentious movie, but me having the poster was a pretentious action. I even grew a goatee and had a Knicks cap, because I thought I wanted to be like Spike Lee.

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'Parks and Rec' is definitely a mainstream show - the group that watches it on TV on Thursday night is small, but the audience that watches it on things like Hulu, Netflix, and Tivo is enormous.

Adam Scott

I mean, the acting school I went to, we did have a social experience, but you know, when it's a bunch of actors, it's everyone self-consciously having a social experience rather than just having a social experience.

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I think podcasting is here to stay.

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I would be horrified to watch whatever I was doing on 'Party Of Five.' I'm sure I'm bad on it.

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Just as a fan and a consumer, I think less of actors as one thing and belonging to one genre or medium. People do all kinds of things.

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