Quotes from Adam Scott

Journalism classes would have been interesting to me.

For me to get a lead role in a real movie is something to jump at. It's not like I get to do that all of the time.

Being an actor is just kind of embarrassing.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I focused my life on things that are a little more dependable, like my family and things that actually make me happy, rather than momentary flashes of success or anything like that.

It is not like casting me in your movie is going to help you get financing.

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 love working with friends; it's my favorite thing to do. I've found over the years that that ends up being the best way to spend my time.

I immediately understood the general air of humiliation that comes with trying to do something as ridiculous as be an actor in Hollywood. It's just kind of an embarrassing endeavor.

I'm an R.E.M. nerd and have been since I was 14.

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

I thought I would be a dramatic actor - everyone starts that way.

Going to the roof of the Empire State Building is pretty amazing for kids.

'Step Brothers' itself, when I did it, I don't know if I had any idea that it would become a defining moment in my career and life like it has, and I'm really happy that that's the one that ended up being that for me.

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

The divorce in my family was really amicable. There were no fireworks. It was all sort of behind the scenes, if you will. None of us kids ever saw any argument.

My upbringing was healthy and terrific.

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.