Scoot McNairy

I just want to keep laying down really great, strong characters, and the more I go unrecognized, the better job I feel…

— Scoot McNairy

I guess through my learning disability, through dyslexia, I've always been a visual learner - I take in everything through my eyes.

— Scoot McNairy

I really love Andrew Dominik's movies. When you work with someone whose movies you really love and who you have a lot…

— Scoot McNairy

I make different choices in regards to the stories I want to be a part of. In my mind, it's a totally…

— Scoot McNairy

It's weird that you have to work really, really hard just to be real or normal. Everybody's got their different techniques, but…

— Scoot McNairy

I did theater as a kid, more of an after-school program. But every night I would put on a movie and fall…

— Scoot McNairy

I love L.A. It was an awesome place to spend my 20s, full of creative people, but I never wanted to stay…

— Scoot McNairy

I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities…

— Scoot McNairy

I did not have a computer until recently. I'm not really a computer person; I'm really hands-on. I can't make it work…

— Scoot McNairy

In no way do I want to draw attention to myself.

— Scoot McNairy

I've been asked, 'What was your big break?' I don't feel like I've had a big break. It's been a slow, slow…

— Scoot McNairy

My experience with working with really great actors is you don't have to act. All you have to do is listen. And,…

— Scoot McNairy

To book commercials, you do something to get to a callback, and once you get to the callback, you've got three minutes…

— Scoot McNairy

I had a love for photography, which of course rolled into cinematography.

— Scoot McNairy

I can watch anybody all day long if they're really doing what they're doing. I have a fascination with human behavior, watching…

— Scoot McNairy

Not all pictures but some pictures you're like, "Wow, I wish I could be there" or you feel like you are there.…

— Scoot McNairy

When you hire somebody, you shouldn't have to tell them [a lot of what] to do; you hire them because you like…

— Scoot McNairy

To have three movies coming out at the same time - I probably will never have that again in my life.

— Scoot McNairy

I've been doing independent films for 10 years, but one out of five didn't see the light of day.

— Scoot McNairy

I think acting has made me very in tune with human behavior and myself as well.

— Scoot McNairy

I just like good stories. I like really interesting scripts, I love really great filmmakers. And I'm open to all genres and…

— Scoot McNairy

Stand By Me' was really great for me and my buddies; we'd all watch that together because that was us - we…

— Scoot McNairy