Michael Gambon Quotes

"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
(Related: Play)

"Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me."
- Michael Gambon
(Related: Character, Actor, Personality, Play)

"I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money."
- Michael Gambon
(Related: Money, Movies, Actor, Theatre, Years)

"I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them."
- Michael Gambon

"I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year."
- Michael Gambon
(Related: Play, Promise)

"Richard was in heavy, heavy costume, he could hardly sit, you know, and I turned up and they put me in two layers of silk, so I played him much lighter - you know, floating around in a pair of slippers, a bit of a hippy."
- Michael Gambon

"Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films."
- Michael Gambon
(Related: Television)

"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 nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it."
- Michael Gambon
(Related: Freedom, Magic)

"There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth."
- Michael Gambon
(Related: School)