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title: "1 Play Age Quotes By Prunella Scales"
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> [It isn't often I get a part that enables me to play someone from the age of 13 up to 81.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/it-isn-t-often-i-get-a-part-that-enables-me-to-play-someone-from-the/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

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## More by Prunella Scales

> [I always say I want to die on the eighth curtain call. Eight will mean the show's been rather a success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/i-always-say-i-want-to-die-on-the-eighth-curtain-call-eight-will-mean/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [John Cleese is a very fast worker and a highly disciplined one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/john-cleese-is-a-very-fast-worker-and-a-highly-disciplined-one/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [It doesn't matter what people think about you, so long as they get the play through your performance. Only a few not very good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/it-doesn-t-matter-what-people-think-about-you-so-long-as-they-get-the/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [My elder son and his wife keep bees, and my younger son has bees, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/my-elder-son-and-his-wife-keep-bees-and-my-younger-son-has-bees-too/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [I'm not a very assertive person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/i-m-not-a-very-assertive-person/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [The people you learn most from are the audiences, which is why I'm always best on my last night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/the-people-you-learn-most-from-are-the-audiences-which-is-why-i-m/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [In 1940 my mum took a job as under-matron at her old school, which had been evacuated from Eastbourne to Windermere; I got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/in-1940-my-mum-took-a-job-as-under-matron-at-her-old-school-which-had/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [I've always been fascinated by dialects and accents. In fact, I've rarely played straight English parts. I play character parts - and always will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-dialects-and-accents-in-fact-i-ve/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [In our profession if you've got an ugly mark or there's anything that cosmetic surgery can do for you I think it's absolutely fine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/in-our-profession-if-you-ve-got-an-ugly-mark-or-there-s-anything-that/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [When I had started commuting into London for theatre school, I'd had to sell my uncle's stamp collection for £300.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/when-i-had-started-commuting-into-london-for-theatre-school-i-d-had/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [I love live theatre, it's always thrilling and exciting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/i-love-live-theatre-it-s-always-thrilling-and-exciting/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [I'd love to play Constance in 'King John' or Paulina in 'The Winter's Tale.' I'd like to go on working till I drop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/i-d-love-to-play-constance-in-king-john-or-paulina-in-the-winter-s/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [I stayed a year in the sixth form and there was talk of Cambridge, but I wanted to go to drama school. At 17…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/i-stayed-a-year-in-the-sixth-form-and-there-was-talk-of-cambridge-but/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [Contrary to popular belief, actors are extremely supportive of each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/contrary-to-popular-belief-actors-are-extremely-supportive-of-each/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

> [In 1954 I was on Broadway for five months in 'The Matchmaker' and went once a week to the classes of Uta Hagen, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/in-1954-i-was-on-broadway-for-five-months-in-the-matchmaker-and-went/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

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