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" I fell in love with Alan Ayckbourn the day I met him and, starting with 'The Norman Conquests,' went on to do eight plays with him. He tells you just what you want to know and has a brilliant way of solving problems. "

Michael Gambon

Problems

Love

Know

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Michael Gambon

Love

Heart

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

" 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. "

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

" I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, 'God, I must really be doing well.' I've worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that's made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me. "

Michael Gambon

Fly

God

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

Michael Gambon

Television

Plays

" Maybe that is why kids like Dumbledore: because he is funny rather than a miserable old sod with a long white beard. "

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

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Cry

Beautiful

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

" There were certainly no spells at my school. More like a smack in the mouth. "

Michael Gambon

School

Spells

" 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. "

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Speech

Remember

" People should be shrouded in mystery. Especially actors. No, hang on, maybe actors should be blown up. "

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Mystery

Should

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" 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. "