Editing Paul Scofield (section)

==Early life and education==
Paul Scofield was born on 21 January 1922 in [[Edgbaston]],<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=100133|title=Scofield, (David) Paul (1922–2008)}}</ref> [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]], England, the son of Mary and Edward Harry Scofield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/playeraprofileof002609mbp/playeraprofileof002609mbp_djvu.txt |title=Full text of "The Player A Profile Of An Art" |year=1961 |publisher=Simon And Schuster |access-date=22 February 2011}}</ref> When Scofield was a few weeks old, his family moved to [[Hurstpierpoint]], [[Sussex]], where his father became headmaster at the Hurstpierpoint Church of England School.<ref name="player">Interview. Ross, Lillian and Helen. ''The Player: A Profile of An Art.'' New York, NY 1966. {{ISBN|978-0-87910-020-9}}</ref> Scofield told his biographer, [[Garry O'Connor (writer)|Garry O'Connor]], that his upbringing was divided. His father was an [[Church of England|Anglican]] and his mother a [[Roman Catholic]]. Baptised into his mother's faith, Scofield said, "some days we were little Protestants and, on others, we were all devout little Catholics."<ref>O'Connor (2002), pp. 19–20.</ref> He added, "A lack of direction in spiritual matters is still with me."<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 21.</ref>

Scofield recalled: "I was a dunce at school. But at the age of twelve I went to [[Varndean Grammar School for Boys|Varndean School]] at [[Brighton]] where I discovered [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]. They did one of his plays every year, and I lived just for that."<ref>Garry O'Connor, ''Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons'', p. 11.</ref><ref name="screen">[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/495735/index.html ''Paul Scofield biography.''] Access date: 16 November 2007.</ref> In 1961, Scofield wrote, "I don't have a psychological approach to acting; fundamentally, I have an intuitive approach. For me, the totally intellectual approach is never satisfactory. What matters to me is whether I like the play, for one thing, and, for another, whether I can recognize and identify myself with the character I'm to play."<ref> Edited by Tony Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy (1970), ''Actors on Acting: The Theories, Techniques, and Practices of the World's Great Actors Told in Their Own Words'', Crown Publisher's, Inc. Pages 421.</ref> In 1939, Scofield left school at the age of seventeen and began training at the [[Croydon]] Repertory Theatre. Shortly after the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], Scofield arrived for a physical examination and was ruled unfit for service in the [[British Army]]. He later recalled, "They found I had crossed toes. I was unable to wear boots. I was deeply ashamed."<ref>O'Connor (2002), p. 25.</ref>