Michael On
Michael On
chance follow knows listen magic nobody sell
Don't listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, they'd sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance.
seem wrong
Certainly, I seem to need to do a play a year. I feel wrong if I haven't got one planned.
concerned state work
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.
asked dancer died invited kenneth love
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 come on at the end of 'Romeo and Juliet' as a friar. I said I'd love to, but sadly, MacMillan died shortly after.
freedom magic quite subtext
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?
plays
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?
funny kids maybe rather sod white
Maybe that is why kids like Dumbledore: because he is funny rather than a miserable old sod with a long white beard.
chest fingers hit masters poking school
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.
classical dried lazy plays
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.
bit british-actor floating hardly layers lighter pair played richard turned
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.
british-actor ease
I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me.
platoon veteran younger
My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.
die either
It was either write or die for me.
fair print tells
If someone tells you something is off the record, I don't print it. If they don't tell me something is off the record, then it's fair game.