Campbell Scott

The nightmare of a film career, or at least the challenge of one, is that you're rarely going to get the opportunity to explore character because once people see you in one thing, you know, they want to see that again.

I learned, especially from my mother, to respect the profession and take it seriously, but not take yourself too seriously.

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.

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.

When you produce and direct, your movies are different to you. They're not just something you act in.

I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.

Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.

I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often - dull.

Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.

I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining.

I love that I'm rarely recognized. I like it because I know I can look different from film to film.

Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gravitate towards. That's why I like short films, too; I love doing readings, audio books, working with young filmmakers; anything that keeps you from getting blase about yourself or in a rut.