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Michael Gambon
British
Actor
Born:
Oct 19
,
1940
Actor
Love
Me
People
Theatre
You
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I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me.
Michael Gambon
Myself
Me
Beard
Ease
Him
Stick
Role
Any
Just
Really
Play
I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.
Michael Gambon
Say
Writes
Learn
Lines
Them
Whoever
Rowling
There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth.
Michael Gambon
School
Mouth
Spells
Smack
Were
Just
Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.
Michael Gambon
Character
Me
Personality
Own
Every
Character Actor
Variant
My Own
Part
Course
Real
Real Character
Just
Actor
Play
I have been in five Harry Potter films and never read a 'Harry Potter' book. If you are an actor, all you have is the script you are given. If you read the book, you might get disappointed about what's been left out.
Michael Gambon
You
Book
Films
Harry
Harry Potter
Out
About
Given
Potter
Never
Disappointed
Read
Been
Left
Five
Get
Script
Might
Actor
Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films.
Michael Gambon
Generation
Films
Television
My Generation
Dried
Up
Plays
I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.
Michael Gambon
Me
Theatre
Money
Ten
Ten Years
Taken
Parts
Because
Am
Years
Movies
Actor
Keeps
Last
Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.
Michael Gambon
Love
Comedian
Always
Yeah
Lot
Done
Oh
Oh Yeah
Confines
Plays
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 always fought against it.
Michael Gambon
You
Hate
Impossible
Okay
Almost
Idea
Know
Well
Well Known
Known
Always
Done
Just
Being
Against
Who
Fought
Actor
A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf.
Michael Gambon
Me
Thought
Cornwall
Approach
Restaurant
He
Child
Did
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 the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me.
Michael Gambon
Me
Business
People
Try
Mind
Own
Mouth
Astonished
Tried
Find
About
My Own
Know
Understand
Always
Just
Want
Anything
Who
Whole
Keep
Actor
Lives
Thing
Shut
I live in fear of being a contented passenger. I'd rather get parts I can't play.
Michael Gambon
Fear
Live
Rather
Parts
Contented
Passenger
Get
Being
Play
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 a bit of bother and get some action going on in the room rather than get bored stiff.
Michael Gambon
Me
Cause
Trouble
Feeling
Action
Bit
Slightly
Bored
Some
Rather
Bother
Like
Boy
Stiff
Yeah
Causing
Than
Inferior
Get
Going
Wanting
Room
Used
Teddy
I fell in love with Alan Ayckbourn the day I met him and, starting with 'The Norman Conquests,' went on to do eight plays with him. He tells you just what you want to know and has a brilliant way of solving problems.
Michael Gambon
Love
Day
You
Problems
Brilliant
Met
Way
Tells
Solving
He
Know
Fell
Him
Norman
Just
Eight
Want
Alan
Starting
Plays
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 a bit of bother and get some action going on in the room rather than get bored stiff. Does that make sense?
Michael Gambon
Me
Cause
Trouble
Feeling
Sense
Action
Bit
Slightly
Bored
Some
Rather
Bother
Like
Make
Boy
Does
Stiff
Causing
Than
Inferior
Get
Going
Wanting
Room
Used
Teddy
I don't play classical guitar. But I do in my mind. I've got it on a stand.
Michael Gambon
Guitar
Mind
Classical
Classical Guitar
Got
Stand
Play
I've had a private pilot's license for years and flown all round the U.K. and over to France.
Michael Gambon
Pilot
France
License
Had
Over
Private
Years
Round
Flown
Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films. You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.
Michael Gambon
Me
You
Generation
Theatre
Films
Television
Classical
My Generation
Dried
Finish
Lazy
Doing
Off
Up
Get
Going
Being
Being Lazy
Used
Plays
There were certainly no spells at my school. More like a smack in the mouth.
Michael Gambon
School
Mouth
Spells
Smack
More
Like
Were
Certainly
I've played quite a lot of crooks and killers, and that's quite interesting. Then Dumbledore is the complete opposite, isn't he? He's a nice old man.
Michael Gambon
Man
Old
Nice
Complete
Complete Opposite
Crooks
He
Opposite
Lot
Dumbledore
Quite
Quite A Lot
Interesting
Old Man
Then
Played
Theater actors are just tolerated. You have to be a movie star to be a celebrity.
Michael Gambon
You
Celebrity
Just
Movie
Movie Star
Theater
Tolerated
Star
Actor
I can't remember any of the films I've done. You go from one to another, and they all blend in to a big mass. You remember the costumes because you remember how you felt - that Western I did with Kevin Costner where I wore the big hat and the two guns, I remember that.
Michael Gambon
You
Remember
Big
Films
Kevin Costner
Hat
Guns
Costner
Costumes
Blend
Mass
Another
Because
Felt
How
Go
Western
Did
Any
Done
Where
Wore
Two
Kevin
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 work around.
Michael Gambon
Work
Theatre
State
Say
About
Concerned
Around
Really
Less
Actor
I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, 'God, I must really be doing well.' I've worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that's made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me.
Michael Gambon
God
Me
You
Fly
Made
Thank You
Think
Films
Say
Niro
Must
See
Never
Feel
Along
Come
De Niro
Well
Doing
Lot
Very
Brando
Thank
Roles
Lovely
Again
Worked
Much
Really
Meant
Lucky
Film
Now
Presents
There are more important ways of earning a living, aren't there? Like being a neurosurgeon. But some plays are very important, aren't they?
Michael Gambon
Important
Living
Earning
Ways
Some
More
Like
Very
Being
Plays
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