Top 11 Quotes by Paul Scofield

The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor.

The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor.

Paul Scofield

Theatre, Directors, Actors

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

Paul Scofield

Risk, Nervous, Bigger

"Paul Scofield, British Actor, Dies at 86" by Benedict Nightingale, www.nytimes.com. March 21, 2008.

Privacy is not negotiable.

Paul Scofield

Privacy

"British actor had a passion for the stage" by Dennis McLellan, articles.latimes.com. March 21, 2008.

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.

Paul Scofield

Stars, Thinking, Ideas

"Paul Scofield, British Actor, Dies at 86" by Benedict Nightingale, www.nytimes.com. March 21, 2008.

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.

Paul Scofield

Acting, Want, Kind

"Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons". Book by Garry O'Connor (Chapter 22, p. 131), 2002.

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

Paul Scofield

Couple, Wife, Bottles

"Paul Scofield, Commanding Actor of the British Stage, Is Dead at 86" by Robert Simonson, www.playbill.com. March 20, 2008.

King Lear is undoubtedly the greatest play ever written by Shakespeare - or anybody else for that matter. Hamlet is certainly great, but it doesn't contain as many elements of humanity as we see in Lear.

Paul Scofield

Kings, Play, Humanity

"Scofield's Lear voted the greatest Shakespeare performance". Royah Nikkhah, The Telegraph, August 22, 2004.