Author Profile
Steven Berkoff
1937 • English • Actor
51
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Showing 51 quotesI have a daughter from a relationship I had in my late teens or early 20s. Because I felt it wasn't the kind of pukka behaviour my family or relatives would admit to, I denied it for many years.— Steven Berkoff
My earliest memory is of my first day at primary school and the distress of seeing my mother part from me.And being in a room full of strangers - of aliens. I felt that I would never see her again.— Steven Berkoff
In London, nobody comments on what you wear - they think that's not important to you or your state of well-being.— Steven Berkoff
A knighthood would be a bit too much. An OBE or an MBE or whatever they are called, one of those would be more elegant.— 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 soldiers.— Steven Berkoff
My first name used to be Leslie. I snipped that off and put my middle name, which was Steven, in the front.— Steven Berkoff
The most vital part of your humanity is the love you have for others. To deny it is to deny your life.— Steven Berkoff
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
That is the nature of the British psyche. It's very blunt, plain, very linear. It's pragmatic: it records life as it is.— Steven Berkoff
I may be 80, but I intend to keep acting until the day I die. Instead of slowing down, I've discovered my second wind.— Steven Berkoff
The theatre is your pulpit - it is your church - and you want to be a priest in your church, and that's what I believe in.— Steven Berkoff
I hardly ever see new plays. They don't have the audacity and daring that they used to.— Steven Berkoff