Adam Scott Quotes
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Growing up, I did not have many friends with parents who were together.
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I love a good, poppy chorus.
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The way Apatow works, you do it scripted a couple times, and then he just kind of lets you go and improvise.
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For years and years, I was doing extra work and guest spots and anything I could cobble together.
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I don't think people who are bad people think they're bad people.
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More and more, you're seeing television shows that are better than 99% of the movies out there. I mean, you watch something like the last couple of seasons of 'The Sopranos,' which is some of the most sophisticated writing I've ever seen filmed and some of the best filmmaking I've ever seen - and it's a TV show.
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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.
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I have this Waterpik that shoots water between your teeth. It's great. You do that along with flossing, and you know for a fact you've cleaned your mouth as much as humanly possible. It's like going to the dentist every night in your bathroom. I don't know if it's a floss replacement, but in conjunction with flossing, it's great.
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I think that a movie of a TV show is really tricky, and I don't know if it's ever really been done well. Because it's really hard if you have a 22-minute show, especially something like 'Party Down,' where it's all contained at the party.
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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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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.
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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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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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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 used to be into the Grateful Dead, so I understand the Phish thing.
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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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Dr. Bronner's is the best. My mom had Dr. Bronner's around since I was a little kid, and I've used it in the shower as soap ever since.
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It's interesting how there are a few times in your life when you get to reinvent yourself. Like the beginning of junior high or high school, and certainly when you go off to college.
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Ever since having kids, napping is something that I'm prone to do and very easily could do but rarely get the chance to.
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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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I'm glad that I didn't get a part in 'Scream 2' and become a star in 1995.
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Most of the time, I don't think movies of TV shows are a great idea. It's worked a few times, but usually, I think that what's on TV works on TV.
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There was a lot of improvisation on 'Step Brothers.' I remember it being really frightening, and it took me a long time to get used to it and grow to be able to hold my own. But I remember when it was done feeling like, 'I don't know if I ever want to go back to working another way.'
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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.