"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"
- Dougray Scott
About this Quote
This quote by Dougray Scott is describing the significance of making a movie that is amusing and appealing for the audience. He is recommending that if a movie is made to please the historians, it will not be interesting or enjoyable for the audiences. He is stressing that a movie should be made to amuse the audience, not to please the historians. He is also suggesting that if a film is made to please the historians, it will be uninteresting and uninteresting. He is recommending that it would be more pleasurable to view paint dry than to enjoy a motion picture made to please the historians. This quote is a pointer that films ought to be made to entertain the audience, not to please the historians.
"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays"
"When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right"
