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 Read Quote
I don’t play classical guitar. But I do in my mind. I’ve got it on a stand. Michael Gambon Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Maybe that is why kids like Dumbledore: because he is funny rather than a miserable old sod with a long white beard. Michael Gambon Read Quote
Theater actors are just tolerated. You have to be a movie star to be a celebrity. Michael Gambon Read Quote
I’d love to be a comedian. I’ve done a lot, but always in the confines of plays. Michael Gambon Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I sometimes think the theatre is more demanding because it requires things you don’t have in films, like it requires you to make the people in the front row believe you and not look an idiot to them while the people right at the back can hear you. Michael Gambon Read Quote
Certainly, I seem to need to do a play a year. I feel wrong if I haven’t got one planned. Michael Gambon Read Quote
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 Read Quote
