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

Michael Sheen talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about why his focus has shifted from acting to activism, his campaign to stop high cost credit lenders targeting working class communities, and what he learned from playing Tony Blair.
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  • @ComeRee
    @ComeRee3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    Tt

  • @backslang

    @backslang

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    6 ай бұрын

    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

    6 ай бұрын

    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

  • @meredithhadaway5512
    @meredithhadaway55124 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TimothyBullYKH
    @TimothyBullYKH2 жыл бұрын

    Michael Sheen is the definition of humanity,

  • @jenb7756
    @jenb77563 ай бұрын

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

  • @nicdafis
    @nicdafis6 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @iAmTheSquidThing

    @iAmTheSquidThing

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @narjitmankoo8478
    @narjitmankoo84784 жыл бұрын

    Always such a joy to watch Michael Sheen

  • @paigegarrison6721
    @paigegarrison67212 жыл бұрын

    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?"

  • @livb6945
    @livb69455 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ButterflyLullabyLtd
    @ButterflyLullabyLtd Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @elainepayne7047
    @elainepayne70474 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ironvlogger9712
    @ironvlogger97123 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful wise intelligent thoughtful angel ❤😇

  • @rhobatbrynjones7374
    @rhobatbrynjones7374Ай бұрын

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

  • @mikeharvey9811
    @mikeharvey98113 жыл бұрын

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

  • @azhaneeothman
    @azhaneeothman4 жыл бұрын

    such beautiful voice.

  • @ohsomiso

    @ohsomiso

    4 жыл бұрын

    Personal

  • @zizopowerful85
    @zizopowerful856 жыл бұрын

    Great man💪 god bless you

  • @ohsomiso

    @ohsomiso

    4 жыл бұрын

    what do you mean by God Bless?

  • @comediansactorsandall2502
    @comediansactorsandall25024 жыл бұрын

    I love him as Kenneth Williams he done an amazing job

  • @virginianoir605
    @virginianoir6054 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    So true

  • @aryastargirl5593

    @aryastargirl5593

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @__justaviewer
    @__justaviewer2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ctwofirst6635
    @ctwofirst66353 ай бұрын

    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

    2 ай бұрын

    Sé bueno. No finjas serlo. Sé bueno ❤

  • @TinEE189

    @TinEE189

    Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @philiprowney
    @philiprowney5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @stupidchrissy220

    @stupidchrissy220

    4 жыл бұрын

    everything in a Welsh accent sounds like a question

  • @jillallsopp7930
    @jillallsopp79303 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @sadhappy8860
    @sadhappy88606 жыл бұрын

    "From acting to activism" Always popular

  • @JoannaEve
    @JoannaEve5 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant interview.

  • @DisobedientSpaceWhale
    @DisobedientSpaceWhale5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ohsomiso
    @ohsomiso4 жыл бұрын

    profound, be the change.

  • @lynnemoody7886
    @lynnemoody78862 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant Actor, Lovely Guy xx

  • @patrickcavanaghkilmartin
    @patrickcavanaghkilmartin4 жыл бұрын

    Superb!

  • @gmonkman
    @gmonkman4 жыл бұрын

    amazing words

  • @jonathaneffemey944
    @jonathaneffemey9444 ай бұрын

    Thanks for posting.

  • @okaminess
    @okaminess3 жыл бұрын

    Woohoo!!!!! Love Michael Sheen

  • @stephensharp3033
    @stephensharp30336 жыл бұрын

    Failure is intrinsic to success.

  • @nejuw
    @nejuw Жыл бұрын

    Love this man

  • @learnenglishwithtreesongte5915
    @learnenglishwithtreesongte5915 Жыл бұрын

    I love and admire Michael Sheen from Ireland

  • @inthepubagaineh6318

    @inthepubagaineh6318

    Жыл бұрын

    He’s from Wales… 😉🤦🏽‍♀😂

  • @learnenglishwithtreesongte5915

    @learnenglishwithtreesongte5915

    Жыл бұрын

    Witty ;)

  • @user-dm7mj2qc6w

    @user-dm7mj2qc6w

    5 ай бұрын

    He has Irish heritage! :)

  • @carolegreenall1919
    @carolegreenall191923 күн бұрын

    Michael for Prime Minister!

  • @markrichter2053
    @markrichter2053Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @maryprincipio
    @maryprincipio2 жыл бұрын

    This is deep

  • @mikeharvey9811
    @mikeharvey98113 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant last sentence

  • @BOBMAX68
    @BOBMAX682 жыл бұрын

    Unthinkable was Award Winning,

  • @grahamariss2111
    @grahamariss21117 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @TheLadyDelirium
    @TheLadyDelirium4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @grahamariss2111
    @grahamariss21117 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @anipuig9417
    @anipuig94177 ай бұрын

  • @aeondecker9210
    @aeondecker92102 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @saturnking77
    @saturnking776 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @noraelgheur6147

    @noraelgheur6147

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @stephensharp3033
    @stephensharp30336 жыл бұрын

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

  • @livb6945

    @livb6945

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheAlmightyAss
    @TheAlmightyAss4 жыл бұрын

    The problem is with these Brexit voting communities, ESPECIALLY in south wales, is that they were heavily funded BY the EU. Biting the hand that feeds you really, that is why most people know that it really is just mostly xenophobia. Its the lazy option, blaming immigrants, not blaming the politicians or greed capitalist fat cats. Just idiocy. I love Michael Sheen to bits I just feel his immense passion is wasted here.

  • @egertonmark

    @egertonmark

    4 жыл бұрын

    Biting the hand that feeds you? 😆 bend the knee to the globalists.

  • @ElGwapo1927

    @ElGwapo1927

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did you actually watch the interview? Many leave voters did so for reasons completely unconnected to race/xenophobia. I agree with Mr Sheen on that if not all he said.

  • @onlygazza
    @onlygazza6 жыл бұрын

    😴

  • @WillScarlet1991
    @WillScarlet19916 жыл бұрын

    Is this Charlie Sheen's dad?

  • @WillScarlet1991

    @WillScarlet1991

    6 жыл бұрын

    John Mulligan+ Why not?

  • @spoonlamp

    @spoonlamp

    6 жыл бұрын

    Will Scarlett yes

  • @Echodolly6

    @Echodolly6

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @brasschick4214

    @brasschick4214

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because Martin Sheen is Charlie Sheen’s father.

  • @th8257
    @th82574 жыл бұрын

    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

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @simiouisreal2496
    @simiouisreal24966 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    i suggest you actually watch before making any judgements

  • @ClwydEnComu

    @ClwydEnComu

    6 жыл бұрын

    you'd actually like what he says

  • @nicdafis

    @nicdafis

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Mr-zx8fu

    @Mr-zx8fu

    6 жыл бұрын

    Simiou Is Real They’ve got you obsessed.

  • @th8257

    @th8257

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @eggsbenedict8449
    @eggsbenedict84495 жыл бұрын

    boring