Michael Gambon Quotes

The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.

Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way.

I loved doing the 'King of Queens', I have never had so much fun doing a show. People got to see a different side of me.

When I was doing 'All in the Family,' half the time, I was looking at where the cameras were, where were the other actors in the scene, what the audience was doing.

I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in.

I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.

Unfortunately, the author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.

The thing is when you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or book to script to film. If I play Frank Sinatra, there's gonna be things I do in a movie that Frank might not have done, but it's the personality that comes across.

I'm always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.

I loved playing Chandler. I grew up playing that part.

You need supporting actors to help to tell the story. For me, I'm lucky to be a part of the films. Being an actor, I'll take any role, whether it's supporting or leading.

I'm all for whatever transitions the book properly to a movie.

Is an audience open to seeing a film that isn't what they expect when they see a film that's been adapted from a children's book?

I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about what's better, the book or the movie. So I think it's interesting when people want to do it.

I never knew I was an artist until I did 'Last of the Mohicans'.

People think, 'Oh, well how can 'The Hobbit,' which is one book, become three films?' But you can take one line from an appendice and it turns into a whole sequence.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing, I think. He wants it to capture the essence of the book, and if he feels that's been done, then he's not too particular about the details. I think that's why he's happy.

As an actor, you're always looking for, what do I get to do? It's not just what do I say, but what do I do, too.

'Underworld' was my first filmed book. I think there are about seven of my lines in it.

One of the interesting parts of being on a television show is you often don't know the fate of your character until you're reading the script. I always look forward to finding out.

When what you do is play characters every day, all day, I wasn't really interested in playing a pop star on the weekends.

Whatever I'm working on, the character I'm playing tends to slowly bleed into my own real life. Not in any kind of creepy, Method actor-y kind of way - it's just an innate kind of merging.

Compared to the other work I've done on TV, 'Breaking Bad' was funny. In the beginning, I described it as a dark comedy.

I am constantly asked, 'What's the difference between acting in the theater and acting in film?' The only answer I can give is the space - you adapt to the space. But acting is acting.