Mark Gatiss Quotes

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Mark Gatiss

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 17, 1966

My dad was quite a forbidding figure. I realise now that that was mainly because he worked so hard. He wasn't unkind, but he was a presence.

Mark Gatiss

I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't.

Mark Gatiss

Europe is so much the home of Horror, with its myths of vampires, werewolves, witchcraft and the undead, yet it's like those myths were exported to Hollywood, leaving Europe the room to develop a new tradition as a way of processing its traumas, particularly the two world wars.

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Slightly forgettable movies can sometimes make great musicals.

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It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.

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The thing is, horror is a big part of 'Sherlock Holmes.' Doyle also wrote a lot of great horror stories, so there's a lot more horror in 'Holmes' that people possibly think of. There's a lot of curses and mysticism and real scares.

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I love going to galleries, particularly the National Portrait Gallery.

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Grooming-wise, it is now a constant battle as I progressively turn into my father. I have to keep on top of ear and nose hair - things you never believe will happen to you. Suddenly I have a shaving brush in my ear and I don't know where it's come from, and the more hair I take the out, the more it surges back.

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At school I briefly wanted to be a palaeontologist, but I was no good at chemistry and physics.

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Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality.

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For some reason, I always get offered plays when I'm doing plays and then, if I stop doing them, people stop asking me.

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I love the Shakespeare history plays; I love the struggle for the crown as a plot.

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I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.

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Sci-fi and fantasy used to be a TV staple throughout my childhood. Then it just stopped dead. It was seen as culty, a minority interest.

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I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits.

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Even when I was a child, I always wanted to be older. I realised just in time that it's a mistake and to enjoy my youth while I had it.

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They are called 'Emos' now, and before that they were 'Goths.' They didn't have a name for it when I was one, but I was that black-wearing teenager and yes, I wore a little eyeliner.

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The reason I wanted to do 'The First Men in the Moon' was that there is something so challenging in the combination of space travel and the Edwardian period.

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'Son of Frankenstein' is never talked about in the same tone as James Whale's 1931 'Frankenstein.' But it should be. It was Boris Karloff's last appearance in the Frankenstein series and stars Donnie Dunagan, then a child actor.

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All films speak to their times. It becomes obvious only after.

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