Michael Gambon quotes

Michael Gambon was a distinguished British actor acclaimed for his work in theatre, television, and film. Renowned for his versatility, he captivated audiences in roles ranging from Shakespearean drama to popular film franchises. He is especially remembered for portraying Professor Albus Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" series. Here are 20 of his quotes:

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? (Michael Gambon)

I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.

Michael Gambon

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

Michael Gambon

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, and much more difficult to store.

Michael Gambon

I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.

Michael Gambon

I hear that the no-smoking crowd are now operating at the National. Surely that sort of mentality doesn't belong in a theatre, it isn't a place where you impose rules on people, it's a dirty radical place where an actor can work with a fag in his hand.

Michael Gambon

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

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

Michael Gambon

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

Michael Gambon

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

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 only when I'm acting in a play that I've got something to say about the world. And then why should I talk, when people can come to see it? (Michael Gambon)

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

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 it's plays and films.

Michael Gambon

A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf.

Michael Gambon

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

I'm very flower-like. I love classical music. I go to ballet and I cry. There's nothing so beautiful.

Michael Gambon

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

Michael Gambon

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

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

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Occupation: British Actor
Born: October 19, 1940
Died: September 27, 2023
Quotes count: 20
Wikipedia: Michael Gambon

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