Steven Berkoff Quotes

On paper, actors are the dumbest group of individuals essentially out there. Most of us have not gone to college. However, we never stop learning. Because of what we do, we're constantly researching, constantly learning.

There are so many people that say they are actors and they don't spend for 5 minutes a day working on their craft. You need to train and need to take classes to keep your tools sharp. I'm always in class, whether it's theater or drama workshops.

I loved the idea that acting was something you could develop into slowly; something you could study.

Practice makes an actor excel. It is like cycling and motor driving. It is an art, which can be learnt and practised.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.

The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.

I've always known from the beginning of my acting career that you only get an acting job if you've got something to learn about it. If you don't do it well, you'll be condemned to doing the same role over and over and over again. If you do it mediocre, you'll have to do it again.

Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it's been an amazing experience. But I'm not passionate about acting the way you probably should be to call yourself an actor.

I hardly knew anything when I first arrived. I had to learn how to act as I went along. After about a year I got a grip on what acting was all about and it started coming straight from my heart; I wasn't just saying the words any longer.

My singing led into acting, and that is how I discovered acting.

Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.

I always treat all the jobs I do as an acting class.

I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops.

You can't learn how to act; you can only really learn it through experience and practice and really finding what your voice is and what you want to be as an actor.

You're not going to learn about acting on TV and in film. You'll learn more in plays and in class.

Being an actor is lot like being a dancer: you always have to go back to the bar and either work or take classes. Otherwise, you'll get rusty.

I've never been to acting classes or anything like that. Everything I do is quite instinctual.

Dance is something which I like to do, but acting is my passion. I would like to do good and meaty roles.

I started working on stage as a dancer when I was four; by 14 or 15, I knew I wanted to study the craft of acting.

I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.

When I was a little younger, I realized acting is a wonderful craft, and it's wonderful when you are working.

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

I don't think of myself as an actress. I still think I'm fannying around in my mum's front room.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.'