A biography for Peter Scolarihasn’t been written yet.
“We all have an obligation as actors to be true to ourselves and our best instincts, but often there's a higher purpose, which is to serve the text and, in the grander sense, serve the series, even if that means to fall on your sword and take the hit.”
“I made the varsity team as a freshman at 15. Then, I tore a tendon and never fully recovered. I was a shortstop, then third baseman, then second baseman.”
“I understood rage from my dad, who was an exquisite blend of rage and generosity of spirit.”
“Sometimes, as actors, if we work hard enough and stay at it long enough and are malleable and directable, then good things can come of that.”
“I don't like to just grab any ol' role.”
“I never drink alcohol.”
“In a drama, you don't make a fool of yourself.”
“There was a TV special every year called 'Circus of the Stars,' and I did three consecutive ones - one as a juggler, one as a high-wire performer, and one as a high hand balance.”
“I used to make fun of those actors who talked about the theater as their temple and their place of worship. I'm not to that degree of zealotry or idolatry of theater as this holy place. But it's a place where I get together with people who do what I do, and we understand each other in that respect.”
“It's funny, because I was trained as a dramatic actor at New York's Colonnades Theater Lab in the '70s, along with Jeff Goldblum, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman. People I worked with there saw a comedian in me. I'm still most at home in comedy.”
“If we decline to become set in our ways, that's good. But it doesn't always feel good. It can be very challenging.”
“About a year after 'Bosom Buddies,' I was suddenly a regular on 'Newhart,' and I was there almost seven years. And then, somewhere in the mid-1990s, I ended up doing a TV series version of 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.'”
“What I love about the way folks have interacted with me over the years is that they just want to make eye contact and for me to say something nice.”
“Emmys are gorgeous and fun, but with or without them, there is beautiful work out there.”
“We have to accept the world as it is, not as we'd have it to be.”
“Like any other all-American boy, I wanted to be just thought of as popular, be well-liked, and meet a lot of cute girls.”
“I was offered some film roles, and I did not do them. It would have been interesting, but I have no regrets. I am where I am; I accept and embrace the mistakes because they're character-building and they build perspective and talent.”