Quotes From and About Scott


“Probably Bogey’s role [Rick] in Casablanca. On the Waterfront would be cool, too. Maybe A Streetcar Named Desire. Did you know that Humphrey Bogart wore lifts in his shoes? That made me feel good. He was more confident than anyone – we haven’t seen anybody like him since.”
--Scott answers the question, ‘If you could star in a remake of any Hollywood classic, which would it be?’ from SOD 3/9/99

"Anything that has to do with children, that’s what I really feel strongly about. We have a close friend to my wife’s family whose daughter is learning impaired so this cause is really important to us."
--Scott on what charities he’s involved with and how he got involved.

"He can talk about anything! When he tells a story, he puts in every detail – where something happened, what the person was wearing..."
--Sabryn Genet (Tricia), on why Scott is the most talkative person on the Y&R set, from Soap Opera Digest August 10, 1999

"She has no problem in labor. Like with our son, he just popped out. I'm the mess. I see a woman giving birth and I about faint."
--Scott explaining why Missy would have no problem with six children to Soap Star World Magazine from May 1999

"Scott Reeves always seems to have the cast and crew laughing... as well as Christian LeBlanc who plays Michael Baldwin. I have to confess Michael Damian always keeps me laughing."
--Sandra Nelson (ex-Phyllis, Y&R) answered when asked which character the funniest is off camera, from an online chat on August 27, 1997

"Scott seems very short because he's very short... but he's very handsome. He's shorter than me, and I won't say how tall I am... His wife Missy is REALLY short, so they are so cute together! Malcolm and Neil have a fight scene and Ryan has to break it up... Scott says in reality he'd never step between the two of them! Scott does work out too, though, he's a real body builder!"
--Tonya Lee Williams (Olivia, Y&R), from an online chat on February 3, 1998, after being asked how tall Scott really was

"If I want to see Scott Reeves or J. Eddie Peck (Ryan and Cole, of The Young and the Restless), I just say, 'Bring them to me.' There are many adorable men on daytime, and I get to flirt with all of them."
--Vicki Lawrence, on what she did to keep up with soaps when her syndicated talk show kept her busy during the day from Entertainment Weekly, February 11, 1994

"Scott Reeves is the most fun. He's a wacky boy."
--Tricia Cast (Nina, Y&R)when asked which male actor was the most fun to work with, from an online chat on September 3, 1998

"Filming in Toronto was a lot of fun. And working together was a lot of fun, too. And Missy and I loved the kids so much. They had 30 different kids playing the sextuplets. It was really sad to leave them. We'd never been around so many kids at once."
--Scott talking about Half a Dozen Babies to Soap Star World Magazine from May 1999

"Yes, it does as a matter of fact. I can never tell if he's just come out of bed or if he meant it to be that way."
--Tricia Cast, answering the question ‘does Ryan's porcupine hairdo ever crack you up during taping?’

"We got married in a little church in Chatsworth, Ca. It was all family. We didn't even have Matt [Ashford]. What happened was we were supposed to have a big wedding. But my surgery came up [Reeves had brain surgery] and we had to postpone all of our wedding plans. So it ended up being very small."
--Scott on his wedding to Melissa (1990)

"When I first met him, he used to sing this song to me called 'Thank You' by Led Zeppelin. It's a ballad. That's the one song that means the most to me. The lyrics say, 'If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.' It's really pretty. I thought Scott wrote it when I first heard it."
--Melissa on Scott

"We need to be together by ourselves periodically."
--Scott about he and Melissa, from Soap Opera Digest 1993

"Scott is always taking care of domestic stuff. If a bill comes and Scott doesn't pay it that night, he won't sleep."
--Melissa on Scott, from Soap Opera Digest 1994

"[Ryan is] a go-getter who knows what he wants, pursues it and then gets it."
--Scott describes his character Ryan McNeil

"Missy is so down to earth and she’s so grounded. She is the kind of person that always puts everyone around her completely at ease. When we go places, she still gets so much attention – even sometimes more than me – but she never lets it get to her."
--Scott Reeves on his wife Melissa, from Soap Opera’s Greatest Couples, Fall 1998

"They are the happiets couple I know."
--A mutual friend on Scott and Melissa, from Soap Opera’s Greatest Couples Fall 1998

"Our family is the number-one priority for me and Missy. But when we went to New York for the Emmy Awards, we were kid-free. Missy and I had a great time – we went to see a few shows, we ate food we don’t normally eat, and we just hung around each other. But after a few days, we were both anxious to get home! We’re terrible – it’s great to be alone, but we miss the kids so much when we’re gone."
--Scott Reeves on how he and Melissa make time for romance, from Soap Opera Update August 4, 1998

"I am so thrilled for him. Scott is such a great actor and I was happy he was finally recognized this year! He wasn't even nervous - everyone had to keep reminding him he was nominated."
--Melissa Reeves on Scott’s Emmy nomination, from Soap Opera Update, June 24, 1997


If you have anymore quotes that Scott has said or someone has said about him, please e-mail me at scott_reeves@jahoopa.com.

The first two quotes on this page are courtesy Melissa Brennan Reeves.


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