Dougray Scott

“The success of the film is down to the crew.”

“You'd have to have one hell of an imagination to completely make up a story, but historians are very anal about what they think should be portrayed on screen. Thankfully they don't make movies; we do.”

“When you do bigger films, the financiers take more risks.”

“You couldn't take football away from me, you couldn't take acting away from me.”

“Fairfax was incredibly important to the shaping of the country.”

“Being a salesman and an actor were not that dissimilar: It is a good lesson in covering up your feelings. No one wants to buy from someone who looks depressed.”

“With the situation now, people might be intrigued to see how a country coped with war all those years ago.”

“People go to see a film because it's a great story and it's visually exciting to watch.”

“You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you're not going to go and see it. I'd rather see paint dry.”

“Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out.”

“I just love jumping into someone else's life. It is a relatively cheap way to experience things you would be too scared to contemplate in your own life.”

“You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.”

“What was the reason for invading Iraq' Was it a humanitarian crusade or an economic one' I would be inclined to say the latter. It was the same with the Civil War, because the landed gentry's money was being stolen by the king.”

“I'm doing a Dylan Thomas film, Map of Love, with Mick Jagger producing again. It's a wonderful script.”

“It quite often happens that they attach a name to a project and it doesn't get all the financing it needs.”

“The point is to be involved in the moment.”