If you want to be an actor, you must have total, ruthless commitment to your art. Don't be ambitious for fame or… — Steven Berkoff Art Copy Share Image
Everyone remembers the bad guy long after they've seen the movie. — Steven Berkoff Bad Copy Share Image
A knighthood would be a bit too much. An OBE or an MBE or whatever they are called, one of those would… — Steven Berkoff More Copy Share Image
The mainstream is generally garbage. Look at the heavily subsidized theaters. — Steven Berkoff Garbage Copy Share Image
I do a devilish borscht, and I'm very good at pickles. I used to make jars and jars of sweet-and-sour pickled cucumbers. — Steven Berkoff Good Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'East,' I wanted a completely earthy, very sexy, very violent play, so I wrote in verse. I found it… — Steven Berkoff Language Copy Share Image
There's a lot of talk about people being abused on Twitter, women being savagely insulted and degraded. I think, 'Why get into… — Steven Berkoff Complain Copy Share Image
My first name used to be Leslie. I snipped that off and put my middle name, which was Steven, in the front. — Steven Berkoff First Copy Share Image
An extraordinary and controversial interpretation of Shakespeare's origins, which certainly provokes much thought. A radical analysis of Shakespeare's text, leading to a… — Steven Berkoff Analysis Copy Share Image
We often find far more power in a symbol than in something that is an an actuality. — Steven Berkoff Far Copy Share Image
I may be 80, but I intend to keep acting until the day I die. Instead of slowing down, I've discovered my… — Steven Berkoff Acting Copy Share Image
I have a daughter from a relationship I had in my late teens or early 20s. Because I felt it wasn't the… — Steven Berkoff Children Copy Share Image
I like watching films that have very impelling content, great persuasive language. — Steven Berkoff Cinema Copy Share Image
I like a lot of international people. Julie Taymore, the American director - she's one of the most exciting directors I've seen. — Steven Berkoff American Copy Share Image
It's impossible to have a favourite Shakespeare, since so many of the plays rouse and inspire completely different parts of your being. — Steven Berkoff Being Copy Share Image
The theatre is your pulpit - it is your church - and you want to be a priest in your church, and… — Steven Berkoff Believe Copy Share Image
The most vital part of your humanity is the love you have for others. To deny it is to deny your life. — Steven Berkoff Humanity Copy Share Image
When I have criticism that I feel is unfair, the rejection does disturb me, but it also strengthens me. I used to… — Steven Berkoff Criticism Copy Share Image
A lot of praise is given to very mediocre work. Critics have lost their taste, hearing, and eyesight. — Steven Berkoff Eyesight Copy Share Image
With the feminist movement - a good movement which I support - there's been more overt criticism of the male, an attitude… — Steven Berkoff Attitude Copy Share Image
My earliest memory is of my first day at primary school and the distress of seeing my mother part from me.And being… — Steven Berkoff Day Copy Share Image
I hardly ever see new plays. They don't have the audacity and daring that they used to. — Steven Berkoff Audacity Copy Share Image
