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A lot of the times when I've auditioned for parts in America, the answer is, 'Sorry, we need a bigger name.'

A lot of the times when I've auditioned for parts in America, the answer is, 'Sorry, we need a bigger name.'

Michael Sheen

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

Michael Sheen

My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction.

Michael Sheen

My rule of thumb is that I want to do things I'd like to go and see myself.

Michael Sheen

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

Michael Sheen

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.

Michael Sheen

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

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

I don't find the life in Hollywood all that meaningful or inspiring.

Michael Sheen

I enjoy doing things that involve research because it's part of what I enjoy about acting.

Michael Sheen

I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film.

Michael Sheen

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.

Michael Sheen

'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

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.

Michael Sheen

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

Michael Sheen

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

Michael Sheen

Americans are much more open than people in Britain.

Michael Sheen

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

Michael Sheen

I've always loved animation and animated films.

Michael Sheen

I've never met anyone normal.

Michael Sheen

When I'm in America, I like to be near the sea, listen to music, watch films, read and write.

Michael Sheen

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

Michael Sheen

I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character.

Michael Sheen

While I enjoy spending time in L.A., Britain is my home.

Michael Sheen

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.

Michael Sheen

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.

Michael Sheen

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.

Michael Sheen

My own daughter is a big fan of the 'Twilight' stories, the books.

Michael Sheen

Everyone deserves compassion.

Michael Sheen

I'm always aware that there are, broadly speaking, two different ways to act: there is acting, and then there's being, and I'm always more interested in that.

Michael Sheen

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

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

Michael Sheen

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

Michael Sheen

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

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

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