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List of Michael Gambon Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 23 inspiring quotes by Michael Gambon.

About Michael Gambon

  • Born: October 19, 1940
  • Occupation: Actor
    • 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.
    People Mind Trying
    Oh yeah, i'd love to be a comedian. i've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.
    Play Comedian Done
    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.
    Boys Bored Feelings
    I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years i've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.
    Taken Years Theatre
    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.
    Gun Car Stores
    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.
    Hate Ideas Actors
    I promise myself that i would go and do a play every year.
    Years Play Promise
    I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. we collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things.
    Clubs Dinner Firearms
    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?
    Play People Acting
    You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.
    Lazy Theatre Laziness
    I never met my theater fans. i'm out the stage door five minutes after the curtain goes up. so that's it. i don't even know who comes, but thank god they do come. i can't tell. i keep my head down. i don't meet them. the fans from "harry potter" are kids who stop me in the street. i love that. that's terrific. i was amazed how many do.
    Kids Doors Thank God
    I learn the lines that jk rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.
    Writing Lines
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