Mark Gatiss Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“When I was seven or eight, I was bought a fantastic book called 'The Movie Treasury of Horror Movies' by Alan G. Frank; it became my bible. It's packed full of the most amazing photos and is still fantastic to look at.”

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

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

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

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

“I'm an actor and a writer, that's how I think of myself. Sometimes my time is divided equally, sometimes less equally, but that's what I do.”