Michael On
Michael On
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.
almost business good ten
I've been in this business now for almost ten years. I've done a lot of stories. I have a pretty good track record.
doubt personal written
I write for fun. I had written a kind of media satire, but I doubt it will see the light of day. It was just a personal project.
journalism
I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.
future interviews people sure talk
I welcome all interviews with 'Rolling Stone' magazine, and I'm sure people will talk to me in the future.
people
I think it's very difficult to make people care about natives in another country.