Michael Sheen Quotes

Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out.

I don't do the whole L.A. nightlife thing.

When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change.

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.

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.

I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.

I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.

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.

Change the scheme! Alter the mood! Electrify the boys and girls, if you'd be so kind.

For me, what makes life enjoyable is having a shared culture and shared references.

I can be a lazy dresser.

My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother's into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence.

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.

I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.

It's funny the more technological advanced everything gets, the more like acting in your bedroom when you're a kid it is.

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.

I try not to pay any attention to clothes fascism and I'd rather be thought of as someone who has his own sense of style.

Everyone deserves compassion.

While I enjoy spending time in L.A., Britain is my home.

I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.

I don't find the life in Hollywood all that meaningful or inspiring.

I enjoy doing things that involve research because it's part of what I enjoy about acting.

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.

Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on.

My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction.

My rule of thumb is that I want to do things I'd like to go and see myself.

My own daughter is a big fan of the 'Twilight' stories, the books.

I have a daughter, and fairies meant a lot to her growing up.

It's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders.

Americans are much more open than people in Britain.

We see death constantly on film.

I perceive and relate to the world through where I grew up; that's part of me. It's what I judge everything else against.

With vampires, there is such a great tradition that you suddenly find yourself a part of. Each generation reinvents what that means to them.

What's enjoyable for me, as an actor, is to do as many different things as possible.

You don't want to get into doing the same thing, over and over again. I know I don't.

A lot of the times when I've auditioned for parts in America, the answer is, 'Sorry, we need a bigger name.'

My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life.

When you come to actually act, it's a game. It may be a very serious game, but it's still a game. If you lose that sense of play, the work suffers.

We live in a bubble of the fantasy of death, but the reality of it is something that we obviously all face and have to deal with, at some point.

I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.

A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and get a bit angry.

I've always loved animation and animated films.

I love watching Jeff Bridges act. He's brilliant.

I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film.

I live a very Kenneth Williams-like existence.

I would like to be taller, thinner and more rakish looking.