Michael Sheen Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
-
'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
-
I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
-
There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
-
When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.
-
I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
-
A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
-
Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.
-
The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
-
Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since.
-
I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
-
The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
-
The bad boy: always more fun.
-
I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.
-
I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
-
I'm excited about 'Luke Cage' with Michael Colter, who plays Luke Cage. I play the villain, Cottonmouth. It takes place in Harlem. It'll just be amazing for people to get to see an African-American superhero, which there weren't any when I was growing up.
-
My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
-
We had a tiny budget for 'The Greatest,' which was the opposite of 'Wall Street.' We just kind of went in and did it. You've got four or five takes and then you've got to move on. We didn't even have trailers to stay in or anything.
-
If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.
-
A group or an artist shouldn't get his money until his boss gets his.
-
Let us always greet each other with a smile for the smile is the beginning of love.
-
That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters.
-
I'm not really a Method actor. I'm always afraid of working with someone who's afraid to [break character] and won't talk to anyone because they're in character.
-
I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them.
-
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.
