Quotes from Michael Sheen

The secret to acting is don't act. Be you, with add-ons.

I think parenthood is a wonderful balancing act. On the one hand, you want to spend as much time with your children as possible. On the other hand, you want to set an example for them to see that you're fulfilled in your life and in your work.

Sometimes you see things in a script, and it doesn't necessarily mean the director sees the same things. And if you think you're going to be making a different film, then that's not gonna work.

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'd love to go back to Greek times and see the birth of theater and performing, in that time. It would be so extraordinary to see the need that theater came out of, in the first place. I think we could probably all learn a bit from that.

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

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.

Americans are much more open than people in Britain.

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'm not a Christian.

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.

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

I think I'm becoming more relaxed in front of a camera. I suppose I'll always feel slightly more at home on stage. It's more of an actor's medium. You are your own editor, nobody else is choosing what is being seen of you.

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

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.

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

Everyone deserves compassion.

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.

I cry when I feel moved by incredible generosity or a connection to someone. We spend so much of our lives being separated. It's the relief of connection that produces the tears.

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

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 would never use prosthetics. I don't like sticking things on. I don't really like wearing wigs, either.

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