Michael Gambon

“You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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...”

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

“When I was doing 'Tales from Hollywood' at the National, I was invited to dinner by the choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan. He told me I had the heart of a dancer and asked me if I'd like to c...”

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

“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. Do...”

“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...”

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

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

“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 rath...”

“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 tha...”