65 Quotes by Michael Gambon

I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things.

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.

There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth.

I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me.

A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf.

I'm very flower-like. I love classical music. I go to ballet and I cry. There's nothing so beautiful.

Maybe that is why kids like Dumbledore: because he is funny rather than a miserable old sod with a long white beard.

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?

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?