Dougray Scott

Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting. ”

I got involved in script development from the beginning. It was nice to see how a film gets made right from the beginning. It was quite hands-on for me. ”

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. ”

The point is to be involved in the moment. ”

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. ”