Steven Berkoff Quotes

A great opera house isn't run by a director, but by a great administrator.

Steven Berkoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 3, 1937

Topics

GreatHouseRunDirectorOpera

When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.

John Cale

YouKindMovementSomebodyCourse

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories.

Jeffery Deaver

LifeRelationshipsPersonalMy Own

Me being nice or positive is not what people want to hear, which sucks.

Jeffree Star

PositivePeopleMeNiceWantBeing

When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.

Michael Caine

SuccessGirlMirrorHappyPeople

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.

John Steinbeck

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When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed.

Steve Buscemi

CharacterEndAlwaysSeeUpGet

I was on the Oprah Winfrey Show once. It was a really slow news day for Oprah, and there were several of us on 'cause none of us was sufficiently interesting by his or herself.

Robert B. Parker

DaySlowInterestingNewsUsShow

I thought the best thing you were supposed to do was find somebody and try to sound like them.

Ruth Brown

BestThoughtYouFindTrySound

I think that having a platform and having a voice to be seen by people beyond the classical ballet world has really been my power, I feel.

Misty Copeland

PowerPeopleWorldVoiceThinkFeel

If someone is judging you without knowing the content of your character, don't listen to them.

Jazz Jennings

CharacterSomeoneYouListenKnowing

Take an object. Do something to it. Do something else to it.

Jasper Johns

TakeSomethingObjectElse

I was honored to start a small business and to borrow an enormous amount of money and to build piece upon piece, place upon place, building upon building and product upon product, throughout the United States and eventually Europe and facilities around the world.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

BusinessMoneyWorldBuildingStart

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