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Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.
Michael Sheen
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Michael Sheen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: February 5
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Michael Christopher Sheen
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I remember someone said to me, Never stand up when you can sit down, never sit down when you can lie down, never lie down when you can be asleep. Those are bits of advice that I haven't taken, really. I've done the opposite of them, but they have stayed with me.
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I live a very Kenneth Williams-like existence.
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We knew, very early on, that we had to be very, very clear that directors need to speak to actors and actresses and be very clear about what is expected, and find out whether they're comfortable with that. Wardrobe has to be in place. There have to be checks.
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By the time you are 30 you are still trying to make your 15-year-old self happy but you are a different person. You need to be brave and let go of that.
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As a general thing, I've always been drawn to characters who appear to be one thing on the surface, but are actually something else underneath.
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You don't want to get into doing the same thing, over and over again. I know I don't.
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Everyone deserves compassion.
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It's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders.
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The more you think that you are watching a show about sex, the more you ultimately are watching a show about the challenges of just connecting with human beings and being intimate.
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I think the story of 'Alice in Wonderland' in a way is a reminder that life is frightening, it can shift on you at any moment.
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Change the scheme! Alter the mood! Electrify the boys and girls, if you'd be so kind.
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I find increasingly that the more extreme are the things going on in your life, the more cultural reference points fail you. More mythical reference points actually help, and you realize that's what myths are for. It's for human beings to process their experience in extremis.
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So, if they're coming in and having to do scenes that involve nudity or sexuality, in some way, the utmost important thing is that everyone feels comfortable and safe. If there's any gray area, that's going to be a problem.
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I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.
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'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being the difference between sanity and insanity the meaning of life and death what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.
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My own daughter is a big fan of the 'Twilight' stories, the books.
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I can be a lazy dresser.
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I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film.
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It has to be absolutely believable. It's also going between images and scenes with nudity and sexuality that would be seen, in conventional terms, as kind of sexually exciting. It's up against things that are much more medical and gynecological, and notoriously we, as a culture and a society, have some issues with that kind of thing.
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Americans are much more open than people in Britain.
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