The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.


Scott Turow

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I only made two studio movies, that was a long time ago and obviously I removed myself. I think some...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
I'm not a big one for lots of genitals flapping in the films.
CAMPBELL SCOTT
The fact is that you're never gonna believe any of the reviews, because the movie is to you what...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
I know it's good when I see a smaller film get recognized because it means more publicity for th...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didn't care about acti...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
Shakespeare is rich and beautiful, and it can be an amazing experience to read and to watch and to w...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
CAMPBELL SCOTT
Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gr...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get.
CAMPBELL SCOTT
Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the pract...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
Most of us... are simply just trying to get through the day. And wait for those times in their life ...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
In the editing room, 20 percent of the time you're using stuff from before the actor knew the ca...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funn...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
I had been to New Mexico many times. I loved it. It's a very exotic, interesting, severely crazy...
CAMPBELL SCOTT
The important aspect as we look at this budget, and as we look at previous budgets, is the budget sy...
SCOTT MCCALLUM
As soon as you're at the higher levels of budgeting, you've got to get the film made, and th...
RIDLEY SCOTT
Mutual funds were created to make investing easy, so consumers wouldn't have to be burdened with...
SCOTT COOK
I have, since the age of about 2, been a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears, and neuroses. And I have,...
SCOTT STOSSEL
I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.
SCOTT HAMILTON
When I have a girlfriend, I feel caged in, I don't know why.
SCOTT BAIO
Many nights, I would begin the evening fueled by caffeine and nicotine, which I needed to propel me ...
SCOTT STOSSEL
There's a high school in Camden, New Jersey, I call the Jill Scott School. It's the Camden C...
JILL SCOTT
At the core, coaching authenticity is complicated - some might say impossible. Telling someone to be...
SCOTT WEISS
I support Donald Trump because I believe he's a businessperson that's going to get the econo...
RICK SCOTT
I'd like to do the young cadet thing again for sure, but that's why I wanted to do this, to ...
SCOTT SPEEDMAN
It's just not possible to be a real partner if you aren't materially participating. I believ...
SCOTT WEISS
I like to read Octavia E. Butler's 'Wild Seed' over and over again. And J. California Co...
JILL SCOTT
I'm not a wilting flower. I'm honest, so I pick a lot of fights. I've burned a lot of br...
SCOTT THOMPSON