Quotes by Mark Gatiss

About Mark Gatiss:

Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen alongside Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and co-writer Jeremy Dyson, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock, the latter of which he also co-created.
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I've heard of such a legend!' I gasped. 'A child descended from a union between Christ and Mary Magdalene!' 'Don't be so fucking stupid,' snorted Mons. 'There's of those!

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When I was seven or eight, I was bought a fantastic book called 'The Movie Treasury of Horror Movies' by Alan G. Frank; it became my bible. It's packed full of the most amazing photos and is still fantastic to look at.

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Well, what was I to do? For the well-bred gentleman there was clearly only one recourse. I fucked him.

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Sci-fi and fantasy used to be a TV staple throughout my childhood. Then it just stopped dead. It was seen as culty, a minority interest.

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I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits.

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They are called 'Emos' now, and before that they were 'Goths.' They didn't have a name for it when I was one, but I was that black-wearing teenager and yes, I wore a little eyeliner.

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The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows a growing appetite for watching torture, or at least a desire to explore it on film? And if so, why would th...

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I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.

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I think one of the few faults in Dickens is that mostly his lead characters are blanks - who is David Copperfield, who is Oliver Twist? And yet he takes such joy in populating the rest of his novels with these fantastic, grotesque people like Pecksmi...

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I'm terribly nostalgic, but I'm with the Elizabethans who thought nostalgia was a disease. It's a dangerous place to be because you can get caught up in it.

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Even though it's meant to be the season of jollity and goodwill, there's something delicious about the anticipation of a Christmassy ghost thrill.

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One of the pleasures of the original 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' is how incredibly ghastly they are. The ugly sisters have their eyes pecked out by crows.

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Grooming-wise, it is now a constant battle as I progressively turn into my father. I have to keep on top of ear and nose hair - things you never believe will happen to you. Suddenly I have a shaving brush in my ear and I don't know where it's come fr...

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I used to go to the gym regularly and swim an awful lot, but that was when I was unemployed and knew leisure intimately.

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For some reason, I always get offered plays when I'm doing plays and then, if I stop doing them, people stop asking me.

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I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.

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It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

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'Son of Frankenstein' is never talked about in the same tone as James Whale's 1931 'Frankenstein.' But it should be. It was Boris Karloff's last appearance in the Frankenstein series and stars Donnie Dunagan, then a child actor.

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All films speak to their times. It becomes obvious only after.

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'Monty Python' is now more recognised by the films than by the TV series.

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Author Bio

  • NameMark Gatiss
  • DescriptionBritish actor, screenwriter and novelist
  • BornOctober 17, 1966
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Comedian; Screenwriter; Novelist; Voice Actor; Writer