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

—  Paul Scofield

On being told that he had won an Oscar for Best Actor (1967)
Quoted in Robert Simonson, "Paul Scofield, Commanding Actor of the British Stage, Is Dead at 86" http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116080.html, Playbill (2008-03-20)

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