"My earliest memory is of my first day at primary school and the distress of seeing my mother part fr..." — Steven Berkoff

I 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.

In London, nobody comments on what you wear - they think that's not important to you or your state of well-being.

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.

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.