Quotes by Michael Gambon

About Michael Gambon:

Sir Michael John Gambon is an Irish-born English actor who has worked in theatre, television and film. Gambon has played Philip Marlow in the BBC television serial The Singing Detective, Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV serial Maigret, and Professor Albus Dumbledore in the remaining six Harry Potter films after the death of actor Richard Harris.
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You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

Michael Gambon

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

Michael Gambon

Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films.

Michael Gambon

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

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

Michael Gambon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't play classical guitar. But I do in my mind. I've got it on a stand.

Michael Gambon

I've had a private pilot's license for years and flown all round the U.K. and over to France.

Michael Gambon

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

I've played quite a lot of crooks and killers, and that's quite interesting. Then Dumbledore is the complete opposite, isn't he? He's a nice old man.

Michael Gambon

My only memories of school are of being beaten, of being hit in the playground, of masters poking their fingers in my chest all day.

Michael Gambon

Certainly, I seem to need to do a play a year. I feel wrong if I haven't got one planned.

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 ...

Michael Gambon

I find it difficult to remember lines. When I'm doing a long speech for television, I sometimes have an earpiece with someone feeding me the text. But I can get by in the theatre if I study hard for a couple of months.

Michael Gambon

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Gambon
  • DescriptionIrish actor
  • BornOctober 19, 1940
  • CountryIreland; United Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Voice Actor
  • AwardsLaurence Olivier Award; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire