United Kingdom, May 27 -- Andrew Scott stills feels proud of his tiny appearance in Saving Private Ryan.

The Irish actor, 49, made the remark as he spoke about his early career role during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, recalling how he appeared briefly as "Soldier on the Beach" in Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning 1998 war epic and revealing his pride in being part of a sequence that "went down in movie history".

Andrew said: "I had one line or something, and Tom Hanks rolled over me, and I was very happy to be there."

He added: "It was an extraordinary thing - it was my first time being on a set of that enormity, and I feel very proud that I got to be a tiny part of that.

"It's a sequence that's gone down in movie history....