Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen, OBE is a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s and made notable stage appearances in Romeo and Juliet, Don't Fool With Love, Peer Gynt, The Seagull, The Homecoming, and Henry V. His performances in Amadeus at the Old Vic and Look Back in Anger at the National Theatre were nominated for Olivier Awards in 1998 and 1999, respectively. In 2003, he was nominated for a...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth5 February 1969
CityNewport, Wales
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.
I don't find the life in Hollywood all that meaningful or inspiring.
I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.
I love watching Jeff Bridges act. He's brilliant.
I have a daughter, and fairies meant a lot to her growing up.
I enjoy doing things that involve research because it's part of what I enjoy about acting.
I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.
Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.
I've always loved animation and animated films.
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.
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 think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.
My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life.
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.