Paul Scofield

"Paul Scofield: The Times obituary", The Times Online"

"I feel incredibly lucky to have discovered early in my life, practically when I was a child, that I could do something that in the end I finally wanted to do all my life. It has something to do with b…"

"I decided a long time ago I didn’t want to be a star personality and live my life out in public. I don’t think it’s a good idea to wave personality about like a flag and become labeled."

"Beneath the gentle modesty of his behavior lay the absolute assurance of a born artist."

"I found at this point that effective acting wasn't what I wanted to do, that I didn't want to make effects, that I wanted, as it were, to leave an impression of a particular kind of human being."

"As you get older, the more you know, so the more nervous you become. The risks are much bigger."

"It isn't difficult to leave King Lear or Macbeth, but once you have gone back to yourself, you want it to be the same self you have always been."

"Oh, I suppose my wife and I will open a bottle of champagne with another couple."