I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters. Michael Sheen More Quotes by Michael Sheen More Quotes From Michael Sheen Americans are much more open than people in Britain. Michael Sheen britainpeople I was obsessed with football when I was growing up. Michael Sheen growinggrowing-upfootball It's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders. Michael Sheen leaderplayinteresting 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. Michael Sheen childrenhandsthinking 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. Michael Sheen editorshomethinking By the time you are 30 you are still trying to make your 15-year-old self happy but you are a different person. You need to be brave and let go of that. Michael Sheen selfletting-goyears Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on. Michael Sheen passionparentreal While I enjoy spending time in L.A., Britain is my home. Michael Sheen spending-timebritainhome What's enjoyable for me, as an actor, is to do as many different things as possible. Michael Sheen enjoyableactorsdifferent I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser. Michael Sheen dresserseccentric 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. Michael Sheen grew-upjudgingworld When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all. Michael Sheen dramapeopleschool My experience of working on this show, even though there is so much about sex and sexuality, and we find out a lot of facts and statistics that are very interesting, in their own right, I found that I started talking about relationships more, and the emotions, the difficulties and the challenges. So, I became far more open about that, which I think is probably an indication with the show itself. Michael Sheen talkingsexthinking 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. Michael Sheen raw-talentchiefssports We see death constantly on film. Michael Sheen film 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. Michael Sheen dadreadingmother Having said that, what I think we found, in doing the show, and in life, generally, is that the more you try to separate sex from everything else, it's impossible. You can't. The act of observation affects the actual experiment, and we see that in this. Michael Sheen tryingsexthinking I find increasingly that the more extreme are the things going on in your life, the more cultural reference points fail you. More mythical reference points actually help, and you realize that's what myths are for. It's for human beings to process their experience in extremis. Michael Sheen failingprocesshelping 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. Michael Sheen storiesgivingmoving For a culture that has such a problem with death, we seem to deal with it in a quite bizarre way. We see people shot, killed and blown up, and we find it funny and sexy and all those things. But, the reality of it is that every day people die, and people are really sad and they grieve and they go through a really difficult process with it. Michael Sheen sexygrievingreality
