Michael Sheen on acting to activism, fighting poverty and playing Tony Blair

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  • Опубликовано: 3 фев 2025

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  • @meredithhadaway5512
    @meredithhadaway5512 5 лет назад +69

    He's so wise and so decent. Fantastic interview.

  • @ComeRee
    @ComeRee 4 года назад +80

    Michael Sheen is but another reason that makes me proud to be Welsh, and proud to be from the same area. Humble, generous and giving - eloquent as a bard with his words, and as wise as a Druid in his teachings/what he says - always spoken with bleeding passion from his beating heart. Forged out of the fires of Port Talbot - home of Welsh Steel, he makes me proud to share this land we call home. To recognise the giants shoulders we stand upon, whilst helping the next generations upon his shoulders - he carries our nation without ask for reward or penance, burdens the issues of others upon himself to be the change he wants to see. Why can’t every human be like this? Cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @okaminess
      @okaminess 4 года назад +13

      I am Native American (Navajo) and I understand what you mean about having pride in your people and culture. :) And I’m a Michael Sheen fan!

    • @jackie6443
      @jackie6443 2 года назад

      Tt

    • @backslang
      @backslang 2 года назад +1

      he,s a man trying to help less fortunate communities,not just wales,i get your national pride that he,s welsh but are you not missing the point,he,s fighting high cost credit.for all UK.

    • @davidwilliams6525
      @davidwilliams6525 Год назад +2

      Beautifully said and like Michael, clearly, you are passionate and proudly Welsh. I was born in Australia but my father's family originated from a small Valleys community near Neath/Port Talbot. And yes, Cymru am byth!!!!!

    • @ComeRee
      @ComeRee Год назад

      When I'm first able to go across the Atlantic - My first port of call is the same as that of Madog ap Owain Gwynedd: To thank the Native Americans for helping and aiding our people from the 1170's. I'm humbled by your culture and would be honoured to experience it first hand whilst sharing with you a bit o Gymru [of Wales] @@okaminess Cariad fawr o Gymru - Much love from Wales x

  • @narjitmankoo8478
    @narjitmankoo8478 4 года назад +32

    Always such a joy to watch Michael Sheen

  • @TimothyBullYKH
    @TimothyBullYKH 3 года назад +22

    Michael Sheen is the definition of humanity,

  • @jenb7756
    @jenb7756 11 месяцев назад +8

    The more I learn about Michael, the more impressed I am.

  • @nicdafis
    @nicdafis 6 лет назад +86

    Great to see someone being asked questions, and given the space to answer them, without constant interruption. It shows how broken the BBC model is, however much we enjoy Paxman's greatest hits.

    • @dankatz5224
      @dankatz5224 6 лет назад +1

      Nic Dafis funny how communists are always given plenty of time to answer their questions... lol

    • @iAmTheSquidThing
      @iAmTheSquidThing 6 лет назад +4

      Depends on the context. Politicians need more of a grilling to cut through the BS and hold power accountable.

  • @paigegarrison6721
    @paigegarrison6721 3 года назад +21

    Fabulous interview. He is so spot on...and I don't care if that wonderful quote (which I've never heard before today) is cliche, it still rings true! Some of us have so much to give, but don't for some reason. Sheen's passion is contagious and he has opened my eyes to put desire into action. "If we don't, who will?"

  • @ctwofirst6635
    @ctwofirst6635 11 месяцев назад +3

    Really great interview. Lovely to hear Michael express himself in such depth and with his beautiful Welsh accent.
    If you're a Good Omens fan, what Michael says beginning at 38:54 will be of special interest. It's basically the gist of what Crowley talks to Aziraphale about in the Edinburgh graverobbing minisode. In the end, Crowley told Elspeth to make the most of the opportunity she gained with Aziraphale's money.

    • @yadiramontesinos1768
      @yadiramontesinos1768 10 месяцев назад +1

      Sé bueno. No finjas serlo. Sé bueno ❤

    • @TinEE189
      @TinEE189 10 месяцев назад

      Yea, complete aside and kinda irrelevant to this particular interview. But I am hoping Neil doesn't drop that, and we revisit possibly in another flashback how Elspeth utilises that opportunity.

  • @livb6945
    @livb6945 5 лет назад +47

    A brilliant interview, with a passionate human understanding complexity. Thank you

  • @ButterflyLullabyLtd
    @ButterflyLullabyLtd 2 года назад +8

    Thank you Michael Sheen. You helped save our School Field and Butterfly Meadow. The Queen made it a rule not to help our children. I got mis-sold by my Bank. No justice. They refused to give me a re-mortgage and money to pay to fix the damp. My daughter has Asthma so I was stuck. No choice. They said I could not afford a remortgage. Total lie. I ended up paying £600 a month for the High Interest loan, and still had my Mortgage which was around £300. £900 a month. I got ripped off. They got me in debt on purpose. So I admire you for speaking about how working class people end up with higher rate loans etc. We have no voice. Gagged. No Justice. They put up every brick wall to prevent us from achieving in life.
    The Academic Elites destroyed my small Business online. I was mis-sold on our house. It has a blocked off stream that floods the patio. It was not on the Land Registry. Christmas Day I was outside with a bucket trying to stop water coming into our house. The only good thing about this property is the Japanese Knotweed which we had no clue about. I've used this to cure my Asthma. I'm not going to try and sell this house and lie about it. I do not want another family to go through the problems we have had.

  • @rhobatbrynjones7374
    @rhobatbrynjones7374 10 месяцев назад +2

    His combination of passion, understanding of the complexity of the issues and commitment to practical solutions to problems is truly inspirational.

  • @Ripcurlgrl
    @Ripcurlgrl 2 месяца назад

    I love his humility. "..this sounds so arrogant.."; any actor or, in fact, any human being, who can be so open as to be publicly self-reflective, and give a critique of self, is a truly great human being.

  • @mikeharvey9811
    @mikeharvey9811 4 года назад +6

    Brilliant in far from the madding crowd. His speech on the nhs very passionate, many great rolls, Thankyou michael Barb

  • @elainepayne7047
    @elainepayne7047 5 лет назад +13

    These interviews should be on every channel and every print media. Channel4 must make the Tories nervous! Well done Channel 4.

  • @azhaneeothman
    @azhaneeothman 5 лет назад +16

    such beautiful voice.

  • @ironvlogger9712
    @ironvlogger9712 4 года назад +13

    Beautiful wise intelligent thoughtful angel ❤😇

  • @EmmaRiddle543
    @EmmaRiddle543 4 года назад +7

    I love him as Kenneth Williams he done an amazing job

  • @zizopowerful85
    @zizopowerful85 6 лет назад +24

    Great man💪 god bless you

    • @ohsomiso
      @ohsomiso 5 лет назад

      what do you mean by God Bless?

  • @__justaviewer
    @__justaviewer 2 года назад +9

    Uno de los pocos actores que me emocionan fuera de la pantalla :) muy admirable

  • @jonathaneffemey944
    @jonathaneffemey944 Год назад +2

    Thanks for posting.

  • @CDev2184
    @CDev2184 2 года назад +1

    I love and admire Michael Sheen from Ireland

  • @virginianoir605
    @virginianoir605 5 лет назад +16

    I am a Polish woman living permanently in Germany. Listening to this interview, after two years, I think I understand people wanting Berxit. The problem of the forgotten needs of smaller social groups is striking throughout Europe. Globalization is not good. At least at such a fast pace.

    • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
      @baronvonlimbourgh1716 4 года назад +12

      But the eu is not the problem in this, it is actually fighting against this. We in europe have been shielded from the worst of it because of the eu.
      Just look at other parts of the world and what happened to these sort of areas there.
      And like the person being interviewed said as well, the ones who just see this as an oppertunity to profit personally and have no intention of making brexit a positive change are always there, and now seemed to have seized "brexit" as another way to abuse the exact people who voted for this thinking to escape it.
      And globalisation is unavoidable and in itself not a problem. It is the underlying economic structure and how it is set up to distribute the wealth that is being created trough society.
      Globalisation is nothing new. It has been going on since the middle ages. Economies used to be 25 people villages. The shift from that to regional economies was just as big as it is for us. And these problems have around since then as well.
      These problems lie in the structures we have created. Until we set them up differently this will not go away, whatever we do.

    • @damien1166
      @damien1166 2 года назад

      So true

    • @aryastargirl5593
      @aryastargirl5593 2 года назад +1

      Problem is though that the brexit wanting tories anf right wing media took advantage of some peoples concerns and turned it into a totally racist campaign. Hate crimes against European immigrants spiked after the referendum results.

  • @JoannaEve
    @JoannaEve 5 лет назад +9

    Brilliant interview.

  • @nejuw
    @nejuw 2 года назад +3

    Love this man

  • @okaminess
    @okaminess 4 года назад +1

    Woohoo!!!!! Love Michael Sheen

  • @jillallsopp7930
    @jillallsopp7930 3 года назад +7

    Pity all people with a platform and resources don't have the same empathy with those less well off. The points about equality of opportunity are very well made

  • @lynnemoody7886
    @lynnemoody7886 3 года назад +3

    Brilliant Actor, Lovely Guy xx

  • @gmonkman
    @gmonkman 5 лет назад +3

    amazing words

  • @patrickcavanaghkilmartin
    @patrickcavanaghkilmartin 5 лет назад +4

    Superb!

  • @philiprowney
    @philiprowney 6 лет назад +23

    I like the way Micheal says Por-tahl-buht? He makes it sound like a question.

    • @stupidchrissy220
      @stupidchrissy220 5 лет назад +8

      everything in a Welsh accent sounds like a question

  • @sadhappy8860
    @sadhappy8860 6 лет назад +19

    "From acting to activism" Always popular

  • @ohsomiso
    @ohsomiso 5 лет назад +6

    profound, be the change.

  • @DisobedientSpaceWhale
    @DisobedientSpaceWhale 6 лет назад +7

    I'm glad he clarifies where Port Talbot is to a British interviewer

    • @ComeRee
      @ComeRee 4 месяца назад

      Us Whales need to stick together :P Cymru am byth

  • @mikeharvey9811
    @mikeharvey9811 4 года назад +1

    Brilliant last sentence

  • @maryprincipio
    @maryprincipio 2 года назад +1

    This is deep

  • @stephensharp3033
    @stephensharp3033 6 лет назад +5

    Failure is intrinsic to success.

  • @carolegreenall1919
    @carolegreenall1919 8 месяцев назад

    Michael for Prime Minister!

  • @grahamariss2111
    @grahamariss2111 Год назад +1

    When people knock the idea of us having a constitutional presidency like Finland and Ireland because we would end up electing a "National Treasure", I say why not, our national treasure Michael Sheen has forgotten more about Community Life and Social Mobility than all the Windsors put together will ever know.

    • @letolethe3344
      @letolethe3344 6 месяцев назад

      This is exactly why it's hard for me to understand (as a non-Brit) why the UK retains its monarchy. For all the "public service" and "charity" they supposedly do, they have much more wealth locked up in their hundreds of thousands of acres of land holdings and other wealth sources than they'll ever generate, plus the costs to the public of all the security and other nonsense.

  • @grahamariss2111
    @grahamariss2111 Год назад +2

    He has no reason to apologise for being successful, that he is using his success to help the less fortunate is to his credit and contrasts with the likes of Johnson, Rees Mog and Sunak who use their success to help the super rich.

  • @neilbirch8431
    @neilbirch8431 4 месяца назад +1

    "what is repressed will come back and smack you in the face if you are not careful"
    He was talking about Brexit, but could be easily be talking about the recent riots. It will happen again, nobody is listening.

  • @BOBMAX68
    @BOBMAX68 3 года назад

    Unthinkable was Award Winning,

  • @anipuig9417
    @anipuig9417 Год назад

  • @aeondecker9210
    @aeondecker9210 2 года назад +1

    I am poor as S××× I will have to choose between Amazon and food.
    Yes but Amazon isn't tat expensive,no it ain't. But you need a computer and an internet hook up as well. But I will get that money. I am just very glad that he never forgot about poverty

  • @markrichter2053
    @markrichter2053 9 месяцев назад

    TGM says, “One day you’ll be attacked for what you’re doing.”
    And the immediate thought is that, yes, and it’ll probably be the mainstream media like TGM on channel 4 who would be doing the hatchet job.

  • @TheLadyDelirium
    @TheLadyDelirium 5 лет назад

    Carnage was fantastic. No matter what you eat, it's really funny.

  • @saturnking77
    @saturnking77 6 лет назад +6

    In his list of famous actors from Port Talbot, Michael forgot to mention Lateysha Grace, who now has her own show on MTV! Although I don't agree with all his views, he's a credit to the Sheen name - great actor, intelligent, and was with Kate Beckinsale (so great taste in women), and he's a generous soul. Yes, lots of actors are experts in virtue signalling, but I don't detect that with Michael, he seems legit. I don't like football, but his role as Brian Clough was even better than Blair. Shame he's left the playing field.

    • @dianadoors1
      @dianadoors1 6 лет назад +1

      He is now with a Satanic creature,Sarah Silverman.No taste at all.

    • @noraelgheur6147
      @noraelgheur6147 5 лет назад +8

      Barry Sheen what does his taste in women have to do with anything

  • @stephensharp3033
    @stephensharp3033 6 лет назад +4

    Port Talbot voted for Brexit. Michael tries to avoid saying the people were wrong.

    • @livb6945
      @livb6945 5 лет назад +16

      He's quite clear here, saying that he doesn't know if it was "wrong". I'm not sure you really listened?

    • @letolethe3344
      @letolethe3344 6 месяцев назад

      Perhaps his understanding of issues goes beyond childish, polarized, easy, black-and-white thinking like yours.

    • @stephensharp3033
      @stephensharp3033 6 месяцев назад

      @@letolethe3344 Occam's Razor is the idea that the simplest explanation is usually the best.

  • @zeddeka
    @zeddeka 5 лет назад +6

    He seems like a genuinely nice man, but also very naive. You can't help but get the impression that in his heart he really wants to believe that all working class people are the noble oppressed and good socialists. He has a very romantic frame of mind.

    • @TheLadyDelirium
      @TheLadyDelirium 5 лет назад

      I also have a very romantic, idealistic personality type. It can be problematic but difficult to change.

    • @letolethe3344
      @letolethe3344 6 месяцев назад +1

      It's sad that you equate wanting to help working class people with naivete and ignorance. That says much more about you than about him.

  • @onlygazza
    @onlygazza 6 лет назад +1

    😴

  • @simiouisreal2496
    @simiouisreal2496 6 лет назад +20

    Havent watched yet but I'm guessing; "Let in millions of immigrants while I live in a mansion away from the poor"

    • @gloriouswretch
      @gloriouswretch 6 лет назад +68

      i suggest you actually watch before making any judgements

    • @ClwydEnComu
      @ClwydEnComu 6 лет назад +1

      you'd actually like what he says

    • @nicdafis
      @nicdafis 6 лет назад +29

      Yes, that's an excellent summary of a 40 minute inerview that you haven't watched.

    • @Mr-zx8fu
      @Mr-zx8fu 6 лет назад +1

      Simiou Is Real They’ve got you obsessed.

    • @zeddeka
      @zeddeka 5 лет назад +11

      Why would anyone ever make a comment before watching something? Is it just self regard for your own assumptions?

  • @WillScarlet1991
    @WillScarlet1991 6 лет назад +5

    Is this Charlie Sheen's dad?

    • @WillScarlet1991
      @WillScarlet1991 6 лет назад +3

      John Mulligan+ Why not?

    • @spoonlamp
      @spoonlamp 6 лет назад +3

      Will Scarlett yes

    • @Echodolly6
      @Echodolly6 5 лет назад +11

      Charlie Sheen is 53. Michael Sheen is 50. So yes, Michael is Charlie's dad 😂

    • @brasschick4214
      @brasschick4214 5 лет назад

      Because Martin Sheen is Charlie Sheen’s father.

  • @eggsbenedict8449
    @eggsbenedict8449 5 лет назад +1

    boring

    • @letolethe3344
      @letolethe3344 6 месяцев назад

      I'm sorry that you're such an inadequate person.

  • @joni641
    @joni641 6 месяцев назад