Im a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy – not so much horror because I get a bit scared. – Michael Sheen
You know, were each the hero of our own story and we perceive whats going on around us, and especially in a relationship, from the kind of viewpoint of, Well, this is my story, and Im the hero of that, and I justify what I do around it. – Michael Sheen
Id love to go back to Europe in the 20s and 30s, for the beginning of the Psychoanalytic Movement, and Freud and Jung, and all that was going on with discoveries in quantum physics. The whole nature of reality was changing and being challenged. – Michael Sheen
Im a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters. – Michael Sheen
I think Im becoming more relaxed in front of a camera. I suppose Ill always feel slightly more at home on stage. Its more of an actors medium. You are your own editor, nobody else is choosing what is being seen of you. – Michael Sheen
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. Its the best thing about being alive. – Michael Sheen
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 realise thats what myths are for. Its for human beings to process their experience in extremis. – Michael Sheen
I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. Thats why were here. Its at the heart of what it is to be a human being. Its the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But its difficult. – 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 whats real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad. – Michael Sheen
My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mothers into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence. – Michael Sheen
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 Im older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all. – Michael Sheen
When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, theyre all about change. – 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
My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction. – Michael Sheen
While I enjoy spending time in L.A., Britain is my home. – Michael Sheen
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
We see death constantly on film. – 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
