Scoot McNairy
Scoot McNairy

'Stand By Me' was really great for me and my buddies; we'd all watch that together because that was us - we were down in the creek and hanging out every day and going on little adventures. I had about sixteen friends who are all about the same age as me and lived in a three-block radius. We spent our entire childhood down in that creek.

Scoot McNairy
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 to get better at what I'm doing.

Scoot McNairy
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
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 there. It wasn't necessarily Texas that I wanted to move to; I just knew I wanted to live in the country somewhere. My wife and I found this place in Texas that we really liked, so we packed up our stuff and moved.

Scoot McNairy
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 break.

Scoot McNairy
Scoot McNairy

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

Scoot McNairy
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 of admiration for, you turn into putty in their hands.

Scoot McNairy
Scoot McNairy

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

Scoot McNairy
Scoot McNairy

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

Scoot McNairy
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 asleep to it.