I would like to be taller, thinner and more rakish looking.
— Michael Sheen
I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.
I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.
There are times in my career where I can see it would be helped by having a bit more of a profile, but it's not like I refuse to do interviews, no, not at all.
My rule of thumb is that I want to do things I'd like to go and see myself.
I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.
It's weird that I've ended up playing so many real live people, because I was never any good at impersonations at school.
I was obsessed with football when I was growing up.
I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.
I always say if I'm not good at something it's just because I've not had time to focus on it... it's just uncrafted, like a slab of rock that contains the statue of David within it.
Normal people - i.e., people who aren't actors - are the most bizarre people you can ever come across. I'll talk to someone and come away thinking, 'They are clinically insane.'
A lot of the times when I've auditioned for parts in America, the answer is, 'Sorry, we need a bigger name.'
I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.
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.
My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction.
Stories have always been the things that entertain me and make me feel happy and sad and move me and give me the experience of being able to live many lives in one lifetime. It's the best thing about being alive.
Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on.
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.
I've always had an eye for what looks good on a man. But I've not always found it easy to find clothes that look good on me.
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.
I've never met anyone normal.
I'm not a Christian.
If someone has an ability to impress an audience there's a tendency to be tempted into doing just that.
I live a very Kenneth Williams-like existence.
In some ways any film that you do has an artificiality about it. Even when you're doing the most kitchen-sinky, gritty, realistic scene you've still got 50 people standing around watching you with cameras and lights and things.
I enjoy doing things that involve research because it's part of what I enjoy about acting.
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 can be a lazy dresser.
The secret to acting is don't act. Be you, with add-ons.
