Michael Gambon

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

— Michael Gambon

#character #character actor #course #every #i

I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things. ↗

— Michael Gambon

#clubs #collect #dinners #discuss #firearms

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

— Michael Gambon

#child #cornwall #did #i #me

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

— Michael Gambon

#am #because #i #i am #keeps

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

#against #almost #always #being #done

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

#beard #ease #him #i #into

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

— Michael Gambon

#learn #lines #rowling #say #them

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

— Michael Gambon

#contented #fear #get #i #live

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

— Michael Gambon

#go #i #myself #play #promise

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

#been #cars #collect #collector #collects