Steven Berkoff Quotes

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me.

I love being physical and acting at the same time.

Not all actresses know how to express their looks, I think. For me, it's an on-again, off-again thing. I'm still struggling.

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Unlike film, live theater is an anti-naturalistic medium in which character is mainly illuminated through speech and movement.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

I'm on fire when I'm singing, I'm completely in character, I use my sense memories, and every syllable of it is meant. It's a very special thing.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

I think acting is a gift.

I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

Literature is an easier way to study acting, because then you can take any kind of spin.

I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

I like to do a lot of different things in acting.

I had to study acting to basically educate myself.

I'm an actor. I love to create.

Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

I'd always wanted to be an actress, and suddenly I knew that learning to control my facial muscles was one of the best assets I could have as a performer.