Michael Gambon Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 19, 1940

Topics

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Before I'd written movies, I never could do big set-piece scenes with a lot of different speakers - when you've got twelve people around a dinner table talking at cross purposes. I had always been impressed by other people's ability to do that.

Joan Didion

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We don't want someone who will get 98 percent of the vote. We want someone who will get 51 percent of the vote.

Ann Coulter

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Especially in Britain, people want to limit you.

Rosamund Pike

PeopleYouWantLimitBritain

While some of my closest friends were jocks, it seemed that they spoke a different language with each other. Joining in their conversation was fraught with risk.

Mo Rocca

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Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

Denis Waitley

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I was really more interested in dramatic work, but I thought, 'Well, I guess I could do comedy.'

Donny Most

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I think that a good movie creates its own world, and that world needn't refer to anything that's real. If it's consistent, if it's entertaining, if it's interesting, it justifies its being there.

Christopher Walken

GoodWorldThinkInterestingReal

I don't think we would still be here if we hadn't gone public.

David Talbot

ThinkGoneHereWouldStillPublic

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.

Bryant H. McGill

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It is not me who is to be noticed. It is my work.

Anouska Hempel

WorkMeWhoNoticed

The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.

Anne Lamott

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I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.

Shawn Johnson

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