Michael Gambon

Theater actors are just tolerated. You have to be a movie star to be a celebrity.

— Michael Gambon

I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very…

— Michael Gambon

I used to be gay, but I was forced to give it up, because it made my eyes water.

— Michael Gambon

I have been in five Harry Potter films and never read a 'Harry Potter' book. If you are an actor, all you…

— Michael Gambon

I can't remember any of the films I've done. You go from one to another, and they all blend in to a…

— Michael Gambon

I live in fear of being a contented passenger. I'd rather get parts I can't play.

— Michael Gambon

I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year.

— Michael Gambon

Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films.

— Michael Gambon

I never met my theater fans. I'm out the stage door five minutes after the curtain goes up. So that's it. I…

— Michael Gambon

There are some actors who are rehearsal actors, and some who are not. I am not. Having said that, I don't know…

— Michael Gambon

I fell in love with Alan Ayckbourn the day I met him and, starting with 'The Norman Conquests,' went on to do…

— Michael Gambon

I've had a private pilot's license for years and flown all round the U.K. and over to France.

— Michael Gambon

All actors say they're concerned about the state of the theatre, but what they're really concerned about is that there'll be less…

— Michael Gambon

I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things.

— Michael Gambon

Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.

— Michael Gambon

Paul Schofield said something like, 'If I'm not acting in a play, I don't really exist.' Those weren't the exact words, but…

— Michael Gambon

There were certainly no spells at my school. More like a smack in the mouth.

— Michael Gambon

There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth.

— Michael Gambon

Richard was in heavy, heavy costume, he could hardly sit, you know, and I turned up and they put me in two…

— Michael Gambon

Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.

— Michael Gambon

When I was doing 'Tales from Hollywood' at the National, I was invited to dinner by the choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan. He told…

— Michael Gambon

I don't play classical guitar. But I do in my mind. I've got it on a stand.

— Michael Gambon

For an actor to remain a child is rather important. It's a childlike, dreamy thing, acting, if you think about it. It's…

— Michael Gambon

Like a heartbeat. Something inside me. Some dream. I think it's being a dreamer as a child. Dreamy kids become actors, don't…

— Michael Gambon

I sometimes think the theatre is more demanding because it requires things you don't have in films, like it requires you to…

— Michael Gambon