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