Talk:Michael Gambon

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[edit] Sexual Orientation

Is there any point to the comment about Gambon's sexual orientation not being much debated? By pointing this out, isn't it suggesting that salacious discussion of other people's sexuality is acceptable? Unless there is something substantive to say on the matter, I think this reference should be deleted. Wikipedia is not the place for tabloid sensation, however mildly put. Comments please? Peeper 09:04, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

No responses - comment removed.Peeper 18:22, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps a comment could be made about Gambon's appearance with Paul Merton on Room 101, where he came across as a rebarbative, cranky individual until presented with a watchmaker's lathe, showing rather more humanity as a result

[edit] Lathes

His collection of lathes has come up before, also with Merton, when Gambon appeared on Have I Got News For You, when he claimed to have something like 16 lathes. It's difficult to know whether he was joking or not though, especially as he added that this collection was "bigger than Tom Cruise's". --Thoughtcat 07:55, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nationality

Michael Gambon is a British actor born in Ireland, same as Stan Laurel was an American actor born in England. Gambon has been a British citizen long before he took to the stage, and if the passionate users reverting this page to state that he is Irish wish to keep it that way, could they please remove the Sir and OBE. You can't have both. --ThwartedEfforts 13:17, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Both the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland allow dual citizenship. JAJ 23:24, 1 January 2007 (UTC)