--- title: "1 Acting Long Quotes By Scott Glenn" description: "1 Acting Long quotes by Scott Glenn. Plus more from Scott Glenn and more Acting Long sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/scott-glenn-13067_acting_that-one-long-scene-in-the-leftovers-i-h_129080.jpg" --- > [That one long scene in the Leftovers I have with David Gulpilil was seven pages long. When we finished it, Mimi Leder said, "I thought you were gonna do this in bits and pieces. You just did the whole thing."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/that-one-long-scene-in-the-leftovers-i-have-with-david-gulpilil-was/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/scott-glenn-13067_acting_that-one-long-scene-in-the-leftovers-i-h_129080.jpg) ## More by Scott Glenn > [Rodeo riders are the last of the true chivalrous groups of people. It's a place where the competition is really pure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/rodeo-riders-are-the-last-of-the-true-chivalrous-groups-of-people-it/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [I've always been addicted to adrenaline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/i-ve-always-been-addicted-to-adrenaline/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [That one long scene in the Leftovers I have with David Gulpilil was seven pages long. When we finished it, Mimi Leder said, "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/that-one-long-scene-in-the-leftovers-i-have-with-david-gulpilil-was/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [J.J. Abrams wanted me to do a part in Lost and we probably had three meetings, and I finally turned it down, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/j-j-abrams-wanted-me-to-do-a-part-in-lost-and-we-probably-had-three/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [I'm not a comic book guy. I've never been to Comic-Con. I don't know anything about that. It's a whole different world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/i-m-not-a-comic-book-guy-i-ve-never-been-to-comic-con-i-don-t-know/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > ['The Leftovers' is my favorite job I've ever had in my life, anywhere, ever. It is one of the greatest TV shows ever made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/the-leftovers-is-my-favorite-job-i-ve-ever-had-in-my-life-anywhere/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [I got into an argument with someone because I said I think 2Pac will be regarded as a great poet. They said he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/i-got-into-an-argument-with-someone-because-i-said-i-think-2pac-will/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [The hard part about playing 'chicken' is knowing when to flinch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/the-hard-part-about-playing-chicken-is-knowing-when-to-flinch/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [They say God looks after kids and idiots, and I think actors are probably a combination of the two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/they-say-god-looks-after-kids-and-idiots-and-i-think-actors-are/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [I don't think rodeo is cruel at all. Bullriding is the only man-animal event that makes sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/i-don-t-think-rodeo-is-cruel-at-all-bullriding-is-the-only-man-animal/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [We were talking about television one time, and Damon Lindelof said he felt that, if Ernst Hemingway was writing for media, he would write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/we-were-talking-about-television-one-time-and-damon-lindelof-said-he/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [I used to be an open-spear fisherman, and if you're looking for fish, you're never going to see them. In an almost meditative state,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/i-used-to-be-an-open-spear-fisherman-and-if-you-re-looking-for-fish/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [What I didn't realize about television was that's true of acting, as well. You have that space of time to develop who you are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/what-i-didn-t-realize-about-television-was-that-s-true-of-acting-as/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [My metaphor for acting in movies - not on stage because it's completely different on stage - is to put colors on an easel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/my-metaphor-for-acting-in-movies-not-on-stage-because-it-s-completely/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) > [I love the way Damon Lindelof writes. It's almost like he was channeling me and he had my voice, even though the territory that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-glenn/i-love-the-way-damon-lindelof-writes-it-s-almost-like-he-was/) [Scott Glenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-glenn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting-long/scott-glenn/#itemlist", "name": "1 Acting Long Quotes By Scott Glenn", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That one long scene in the Leftovers I have with David Gulpilil was seven pages long. When we finished it, Mimi Leder said, \"I thought you were gonna do this in bits and pieces. You just did the whole thing.\" And I literally couldn't remember the scene. It wasn't that I was in a trance. 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