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> [I've played a lot of bad guys in my time, especially in movies. It's delightful playing the villain. It's almost the most interesting and most complicated role in a film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/i-ve-played-a-lot-of-bad-guys-in-my-time-especially-in-movies-it-s/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

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## More by Steven Berkoff

> [I liked Stanley Kubrick from the start. He had a warm, benign nature and offered himself to you as a friend and ally. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/i-liked-stanley-kubrick-from-the-start-he-had-a-warm-benign-nature/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [Technology is the devil, and the more technology you have, the higher the price you pay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/technology-is-the-devil-and-the-more-technology-you-have-the-higher/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [A great opera house isn't run by a director, but by a great administrator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/a-great-opera-house-isn-t-run-by-a-director-but-by-a-great/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [After watching my poor mother being sometimes neglected by my father, it was almost tattooed on my brain that I would never cause hardship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/after-watching-my-poor-mother-being-sometimes-neglected-by-my-father/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [During the Second World War, we lived in a flat on Whitechapel Road in the East End of London. At one point during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/during-the-second-world-war-we-lived-in-a-flat-on-whitechapel-road-in/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [Most American films have now become mindless. The human element has been removed, so you are just left with the surrogate human, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/most-american-films-have-now-become-mindless-the-human-element-has/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [When I started studying acting, I was enamoured of actors who used movement to enhance the language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/when-i-started-studying-acting-i-was-enamoured-of-actors-who-used/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [As a child, you only think of the now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/as-a-child-you-only-think-of-the-now/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/the-great-actors-we-had-came-from-the-actor-manager-theaters-not-only/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [When I ascended from the depths of the working class to the middle class, the higher I got, the more dishonesty I found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/when-i-ascended-from-the-depths-of-the-working-class-to-the-middle/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [I'm very resistant to most forms of theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/i-m-very-resistant-to-most-forms-of-theater/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [My mother was almost entirely responsible for my cultural education. She took me to the library once a week, and by the age of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/my-mother-was-almost-entirely-responsible-for-my-cultural-education/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [Writing is an antidote for loneliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/writing-is-an-antidote-for-loneliness/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [When I was young, I was shy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/when-i-was-young-i-was-shy/)

[Steven Berkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-berkoff/)

> [Transgender casting is a kind of literalism. It is the same with racial casting. This means that you can now only play Othello if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-berkoff/transgender-casting-is-a-kind-of-literalism-it-is-the-same-with/)

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