Top 111 Quotes & Sayings by Adam Scott - Page 2

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.

Sometimes people's behavior is seemingly unexplainable.

If I would have had the same opportunities when I was 22, there's a good chance I would have squandered them. I know my work wouldn't have been any good.

My hair is very limp. I have to put stuff in it so it's not as flat on my head.

I got really into Martin Scorsese as a teenager, so then it was kind of the whole reason I wanted to be an actor. Just like tons of young actors, I think, get freaked out by the Scorsese/DeNiro movies. I loved all his movies in the '90s, too. Then I got a part in 'The Aviator' and couldn't believe it.

As a seven-year-old, I had definite opinions on Ronald Reagan.

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.

I'm a big consumer of media and content online.

I think podcasting is here to stay.

AirPods have squirmed their way into my life. I use them every day, and I always know where they are and if they're charged or not.

I think a lot of us are a lot more cautious with marriage because of what we saw happening with our parents. I see a lot more healthy marriages in my generation than they probably saw in theirs.

I guess I'm used to TV where we don't really rehearse. You block it out, and then you just start shooting.

I like having a duty. I'm a terrible cook, but when people come over, if I'm falling between the cracks socially, I can always run away to my job.

I think 'Piranha' won't be in the guilty-pleasure category, because it's gonna be - well, yeah, maybe for some people. From what I've seen, it has a sense of humor about itself, and it's also really scary and really, really violent. I would call it a popcorn movie from the planet Popcorn.

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.

I remember getting out of acting school and friends of mine talking about, like, 'You know, I don't think I'm gonna do TV.' Like, people putting on these airs of being picky. And I was never a snob about it.

Ever since having kids, napping is something that I'm prone to do and very easily could do but rarely get the chance to.

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.

I've barfed in movies before. It seems like it always ends up being Campbell's soup mixed with something else.

I was a political junkie, and it just exhausted me, and after Obama won, I just kind of unplugged from all of that for a while.

All of my favorite comedy has always been of the grounded variety. Even 'MacGruber.' I think that MacGruber is a really grounded character.

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

I can't imagine my wife and I ever splitting up. I can't imagine a life without her.

What could be said about 'Party Down?' So many things. It was such a good idea - a different party every week is such a slam-dunk of an idea that I couldn't believe it had not been done yet. The creators of it are my friends.

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

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

If I had gotten the parts in 'Scream' or 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' I would not have been very good in them, and I would've squandered whatever success I had gotten because I wasn't ready for that sort of thing. So I feel grateful for all of the years that I have behind me trying to get traction and a career.

My brother really shaped my musical taste when I was younger. He turned me on to classic rock like Led Zeppelin, and then he got me into R.E.M. and U2.

As far as base humiliation goes, acting is a tough business. It's a tough, embarrassing thing to do for a living when you're starting out, and you better not have any ego or pride, because that will be wiped away clean by utter devastation.

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.'

I have a recurring dream where I'm on the run for a horrible thing I did years and years ago. Like, in the dream... because the thing I did was so long ago that it's just a faint memory in my dream, so I'm sort of remembering it as I'm on the run from the police. And I'm totally guilty of it.

JanSport thinks about everything that a person in the 21st century would need, and then creates a pocket for it.

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.

I did just about anything to pay the rent for a while.

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

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

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.

It's really fun to get recognized for 'Step Brothers.'

I just like staying at home and eating and watching movies and running around in the back yard.

It's the worst noise in the world: me analyzing the reasons for making a podcast about U2.

For years and years, I was doing extra work and guest spots and anything I could cobble together.

'Parks and Rec' is definitely a mainstream show - the group that watches it on TV on Thursday night is small, but the audience that watches it on things like Hulu, Netflix, and Tivo is enormous.

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.

Every little interaction I had with Scorsese is forever tattooed on my brain.

My upbringing was healthy and terrific.

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.

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.

The way Apatow works, you do it scripted a couple times, and then he just kind of lets you go and improvise.

I never was a caterer, but I did deliver pizzas.

'Black Mass' was a really great experience.

It was just really fun doing 'Step Brothers,' and then 'Party Down' came a year later. I was having so much fun. I loved the people and the comedy community.