Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon
Sir Michael John Gambon CBEis an Irish-born English actor who has worked in theatre, television and film. Gambon has played Philip Marlow in the BBC television serial The Singing Detective, Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV serial Maigret, and Professor Albus Dumbledore in the last six Harry Potter films after the death of actor Richard Harris...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth19 October 1940
CityDublin, Ireland
dream children kids
Like a heartbeat. Something inside me. Some dream. I think it's being a dreamer as a child. Dreamy kids become actors, don't they?
children cowboy thinking
For an actor to remain a child is rather important. It's a childlike, dreamy thing, acting, if you think about it. It's the sort of thing children fantasise about, playing cowboys and Indians in the street. I think that acting is just a highly refined development of that.
real character play
Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.
writing lines
I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.
kids doors thank-god
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.
eye gay giving
I used to be gay, but I was forced to give it up, because it made my eyes water.
talking rehearsal actors
There are some actors who are rehearsal actors, and some who are not. I am not. Having said that, I don't know what I am talking about.
play generations television
Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.
beard british-actor main problem scene takes worry
The main problem is gluing the beard on. It takes 15 minutes, but I could have a really complicated scene to play and worry more about the beard.