Andrew Scott credits acting for helping him overcome a speech impediment.
Andrew Scott had a speech impediment
The ‘All of Us Strangers’ actor had a “strong lisp” as a child, so benefitted from elocution lessons, and also found performing gave him the confidence boost he needed at a time when he was very self-conscious.
He told The Times magazine: “I had a speech impediment as a child and acting helped me be less self-conscious and shy.
“I had a strong lisp and in elocution lessons I practised improvisation and verbalising phrases like, ‘She sells seashells on the seashore.’
“I still find acting helpful.”
When he isn’t working, the 48-year-old star takes pleasure in painting.
He said: “I love painting people, and my mother [who was an art teacher] was very influential. She made sure that I drew from observation.
“She always said, ‘Draw something that you see, not something that is in your mind’, and that’s always stuck with me.”
Despite his fame, Andrew doesn’t think his life is “unusual”.
He said: “I don’t have a life you’d describe as unusual. I live in the city, and I go home to Ireland and see my loved ones.
“I go to the gym and, honestly, I just love going to the movies. And galleries. All of that artsy stuff gets my heart beating.
“Nature is increasingly important to me. I love the coast particularly. And mountains. And spectacular canyons. All of it is pretty amazing.”
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