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Adam Scott

(1973) Actor United States

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Adam Scott is an actor from the United States, best known for Restart Again.

Quick Facts About Adam Scott

Born: April 3, 1973
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Restart Again

About Adam Scott

Adam Paul Scott is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2010–2015), for which he was twice nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as Mark Scout in the Apple TV sci-fi thriller series Severance, for which he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards – two for acting and two for producing – and two Golden Globe Awards.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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My parents were pretty cool about letting me listen to whatever I wanted. The only objection might have been playing music too…

Cool

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And if you get caught up in combing the Internet for what people think of you or how people perceive you, I…

Caught

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I remember getting out of acting school and friends of mine talking about, like, 'You know, I don't think I'm gonna do…

Acting

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I love a good, poppy chorus.

Chorus

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I love hearing about bad behavior. It's just so funny to me. Especially, grown ups acting like weird, inconsolable babies over really…

Bad behavior

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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…

Beginning

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Every year, you can depend on having at least a couple really exciting Nicole Kidman performances, and that's a rare thing.

Couple

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I'm just excited to watch my kids grow up.

Children

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Growing up, I did not have many friends with parents who were together.

Friends

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'Black Mass' was a really great experience.

Black

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Journalism classes would have been interesting to me.

Been

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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.

Anything

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I like to improvise; I think it's just a healthy thing to do, to keep everything loose and fun.

Everything

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The great thing about New York is that you don't have to set out to do anything. Whenever I go without the…

Day

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I think a lot of us are a lot more cautious with marriage because of what we saw happening with our parents.…

Generation

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I'm glad that I didn't get a part in 'Scream 2' and become a star in 1995.

Become

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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…

Best

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Amy Adams was great to work with, fun and lovely.

Amy

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I used to be into the Grateful Dead, so I understand the Phish thing.

Dead

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My brother really shaped my musical taste when I was younger. He turned me on to classic rock like Led Zeppelin, and…

Brother

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As far as base humiliation goes, acting is a tough business. It's a tough, embarrassing thing to do for a living when…

Acting

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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…

Comedies

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I like having a beard. What's funny is when you shave a beard, you realize how freezing cold your face is! The…

Beard

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What could be said about 'Party Down?' So many things. It was such a good idea - a different party every week…

Believe

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I think podcasting is here to stay.

Here

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