“I find it very satisfying to write because you can purge many things a...” — Steven Berkoff Quote

I find it very satisfying to write because you can purge many things and vent what you feel under the mask of fiction.

When I wrote 'East,' I wanted a completely earthy, very sexy, very violent play, so I wrote in verse. I found it not only satisfying but releasing. It gave me an opportunity to play with language. We never played the characters like the yobs that they are, but rather in a slightly heightened way.

I like watching films that have very impelling content, great persuasive language.

That is the nature of the British psyche. It's very blunt, plain, very linear. It's pragmatic: it records life as it is.

The talk shows I've done are all radio for exactly this reason: I don't want to wear a rubber mask.

At no point have I stepped on to the pitch thinking I am scared to head the ball, even when I had that mask on, and that will not change.

I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, 'When am I ever going to use this?'

If I've got to use my head, I might as well wear the mask.

So the mask was just really easy, I've got to be honest. And it was great actually because it really allowed you to get into the character a little bit more maybe than without it, if that makes sense.