Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Scofield

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British actor Paul Scofield.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

David Paul Scofield was an English actor. During a six-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, Emmy, and Tony for his work. He won the three awards in a seven-year span, the fastest of any performer to accomplish the feat.

British - Actor | January 21, 1922 - March 19, 2008

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Cheating on a quiz show? That's sort of like plagiarizing a comic strip.

Paul Scofield

If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

Paul Scofield

A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape.

Paul Scofield

What these books have conclusively proven is that the diffence between men and women is exactly 38 pages.

Paul Scofield

I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.

Paul Scofield

A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter.

Paul Scofield

Sixty-four thousand dollars for a question, I hope they are asking you the meaning of life.

Paul Scofield

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

Paul Scofield

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

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

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

Paul Scofield

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.

Paul Scofield

Privacy is not negotiable.

Paul Scofield

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

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

Paul Scofield

Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Scofield

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