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" Maybe that is why kids like Dumbledore: because he is funny rather than a miserable old sod with a long white beard. "
Michael Gambon
Old
Why
Beard
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" The theatre starts every night at half past seven, and I like the rhythm of going to the theatre, parking the car, going to the stage door; I've grown up with all of that. I'd love to do more theatre - I mean, I shouldn't be telling the world that I can't remember lines any more, but I find it more and more difficult, so I don't know. "
Michael Gambon
Night
Door
Car
" There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth. "
Michael Gambon
Were
Spells
Smack
" Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays. "
Michael Gambon
Always
Done
Oh Yeah
" 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 people can come to see it? "
Michael Gambon
People
Acting
Say
" People should be shrouded in mystery. Especially actors. No, hang on, maybe actors should be blown up. "
Michael Gambon
Mystery
Up
Should
" 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
Me
" I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things. "
Michael Gambon
Things
Learned
Firearms
" There's no subtext in 'Harry Potter,' really; it's all magic - anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it. Doesn't say much for acting, does it? "
Michael Gambon
Magic
Spell
Say
" You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off. "
Michael Gambon
Me
Finish
Lazy
" I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year. "
Michael Gambon
Myself
Year
Would
" 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
Know
You
Two
" 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
Me
Boy
Bored
" I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays. "
Michael Gambon
Comedian
Plays
Lot
" 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
" I have been in five Harry Potter films and never read a 'Harry Potter' book. If you are an actor, all you have is the script you are given. If you read the book, you might get disappointed about what's been left out. "
Michael Gambon
You
Disappointed
Book
" 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
Earning
More
Living
" 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
You
Okay
Hate
" I've had a private pilot's license for years and flown all round the U.K. and over to France. "
Michael Gambon
Pilot
License
Had
" Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me. "
Michael Gambon
Personality
My Own
Play
" 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
Car
Guns
Always
" Theater actors are just tolerated. You have to be a movie star to be a celebrity. "
Michael Gambon
Just
You
Celebrity
" 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
Remember
Hat
Guns
" I don't play classical guitar. But I do in my mind. I've got it on a stand. "
Michael Gambon
Stand
Got
Mind
" 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
Concerned
Say
Work
" 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
Speech
Remember
Me
" I want to be good all the time, so I feel anxious. But if you weren't like that, you'd be dead, wouldn't you? If you went out happy down the road, la la la. I've never been like that. I don't want to be. "
Michael Gambon
Good
Time
You
" 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
Myself
Beard
Him
" I live in fear of being a contented passenger. I'd rather get parts I can't play. "
Michael Gambon
Rather
Fear
Contented
" 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
Playground
Day
School
" I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me. "
Michael Gambon
Know
People
Mouth