Well, I think tone is very important with this show [Masters of Sex] because there are certain elements or certain aspects to the show that may be reminiscent of other shows. But, it really is a very new kind of show, in terms of the subject matter and the way it's being dealt with, and the fact that it's about real people and real events.

Michael Sheen

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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.

Michael Sheen

hysteria acceptance struggle

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

Michael Sheen

grief matter loss

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

Michael Sheen

miracle looks jesus

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality. The more fantastical characters, or fantastical worlds that they inhabit are really fun and allow you, in some ways, to tell stories and reveal things about our lives that would be harder to take, in a more realistic setting.

Michael Sheen

fun character reality

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.

Michael Sheen

scary acting 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.

Michael Sheen

opportunity hands people

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.

Michael Sheen

play love-is character

We live in a bubble of the fantasy of death, but the reality of it is something that we obviously all face and have to deal with, at some point.

Michael Sheen

fantasy faces reality

Change the scheme! Alter the mood! Electrify the boys and girls, if you'd be so kind.

Michael Sheen

girl kind boys

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

Michael Sheen

projects creative thinking

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

Michael Sheen

scared fans fiction

When you come to actually act, it's a game. It may be a very serious game, but it's still a game. If you lose that sense of play, the work suffers.

Michael Sheen

suffering games play

For me, what makes life enjoyable is having a shared culture and shared references.

Michael Sheen

enjoyable culture

I remember someone said to me, "Never stand up when you can sit down, never sit down when you can lie down, never lie down when you can be asleep." Those are bits of advice that I haven't taken, really. I've done the opposite of them, but they have stayed with me.

Michael Sheen

taken opposites lying

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.

Michael Sheen

surface one-thing character

In the case of two actors connecting with each other and trusting each other, our bodies have memories without us having to consciously think about it, so rather than think, "Oh, I must think about my daughter dying," you just let that go and trust that you have all the emotions you need in there, and by losing yourself in the scene, that stuff kicks in without having to spend the day thinking about horrific things happening to your own child.

Michael Sheen

daughter memories children

Everyone deserves compassion.

Michael Sheen

compassion deserve

'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being; the difference between sanity and insanity; the meaning of life and death; what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.

Michael Sheen

life-and-death differences real

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.

Michael Sheen

anchors character reality

You don't want to get into doing the same thing, over and over again. I know I don't.

Michael Sheen

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