Michael Sheen Quotes

You know, we’re each the hero of our own story and we perceive what’s going on around us, and especially in a relationship, from the kind of viewpoint of, ‘Well, this is my story, and I’m the hero of that, and I justify what I do around it.’

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

We see death constantly on film.

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.

The first thing, when I read the script, is that I need to care about what happens and feel compelled by the story and engaged by the characters. It needs to resonate with me, even if what the characters are going through is not something that I have experienced in my life. I have to feel like it has some sort of meaning to me.

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.

Part of the fun of life is interacting with people and not knowing what the truth is inside. Letting them reveal that to you is what binds you to people.

On the one hand Twitter gives you the opportunity to engage with people, which is great, but on the other there are people who feel they can say whatever they want, put poison out there, really, without fear of any repercussions.

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.’

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

If you can define what God is, I can tell you whether I believe in it.

If someone has an ability to impress an audience there’s a tendency to be tempted into doing just that.