Michael Gambon Quotes

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• I used to be gay, but I was forced to give it up, because it made my eyes water.
• Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.
• 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 he meant it's…
• Yeah, I like causing trouble. It's the teddy boy in me. I used to be a teddy boy. Feeling slightly inferior and wanting to cause…
• Like a heartbeat. Something inside me. Some dream. I think it's being a dreamer as a child. Dreamy kids become actors, don't they?
• Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.
• There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth.
• You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.
• I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year.
• A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf.
• I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things.
• I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.
• I live in fear of being a contented passenger. I'd rather get parts I can't play.
• I'm an anorak. I've always been an obsessive collector of things. Richard Briers collects stamps. I collect cars and guns, which are much more expensive,…
• I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find…
• I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've…
• I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.
• I'm very flower-like. I love classical music. I go to ballet and I cry. There's nothing so beautiful.
• There's no subtext in Harry Potter really; it's all magic, anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite…
• Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.

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