Michael Sheen on his favourite Welsh saying (and what it means) | British GQ
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4 жыл бұрынAs part of our AMA (Ask Me Anything), the actor and our GQ Awards 2019 host, tells us why he's so passionate about the term 'ta-ra'
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Michael Sheen on his favourite Welsh saying (and what it means)
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@BritishGQ 4 жыл бұрын
Find out more about our GQ Awards 2019 host here www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/michael-sheen-men-of-the-year-2019
@portiamcgrath3946 Жыл бұрын
Welsh pride is such a special type of national pride. We aren’t so much interested in our status in the world, but rather in our culture, our land, our people and our history. Michael Sheen epitomises that, for me.
@firezstorm369 4 жыл бұрын
Michael Sheen: I want to lose weight. The Internet: *drooling over him, snaps back to focus* excuse me WhAt?!?!
@dumbeetle 4 жыл бұрын
IKR, he's beautiful just the way he is
@krismartinez6337 3 жыл бұрын
RIGHT?! I’ll fight anyone who says that
@phyllismartin674 11 ай бұрын
Exactly
@linshanhsiang 21 күн бұрын
If you could give a few pounds to David Tennant...
@roarbertbearatheon8565 4 күн бұрын
he has a bit of a belly
@Deandwl 3 жыл бұрын
Such a lovely human being. I know it’s cheesy but he makes me proud to be Welsh. A good sort. We’re lucky to have him.
@unseelie63 2 жыл бұрын
You should be proud to be Welsh,regardless,but Michael Sheen certainly helps!
@josh5067 Жыл бұрын
Not cheesy, yma o hydd
@florianfrank8512 Жыл бұрын
Cymru am byth❤
@marissasmith2827 4 жыл бұрын
An angel on screen and in real life!
@c.c.244 4 жыл бұрын
vault no repeats
@lindildeev5721 8 ай бұрын
I'm starting wondering if he's not actually Aziraphale playing Michael Sheen. If so, then the trick is absolutely perfect.
@MyroslavaRm 4 жыл бұрын
omg he's so soft in this interview! michael if you see this we love you x
@barbarapalmer8224 4 жыл бұрын
I second that
@marybrown2723 3 жыл бұрын
He’s always soft on interviews. He possesses such a nice mellow timbre
@flask223 2 жыл бұрын
Stop fetishising the welsh
@MyroslavaRm 2 жыл бұрын
@@flask223 he's got a really soft and kind way of speaking, doesn't have anything to do with him being Welsh. Stop needlessly attacking people on the internet.
@nathangriffiths6218 Жыл бұрын
"..which they HAVE because they are WELSH, we are a magic people" hahaha great quote. Love this guy, he's a great human being.
@stephanieyee9784 5 ай бұрын
Ta Da!
@victorine9936 3 жыл бұрын
I love how I just end up smiling while listening to him. There's something communicative about his eyes and smile
@alexjake.j906 2 жыл бұрын
Yeees I always do smile when he tlaks
@mrvgranfield 8 ай бұрын
Tar so chuffed
@Chippyeater 4 жыл бұрын
Can we all stop and take a moment to admire his small curls
@jenNjuice 4 жыл бұрын
Next to Alan Rickman’s voice, Michael’s is my next all time favorite! Glad to learn a little more about this amazing guy!
@laela1247 4 жыл бұрын
Good taste
@gracelauren7513 3 жыл бұрын
His and Liam Neeson
@paigegarrison6721 2 жыл бұрын
Totally agreed!!!
@Hasenkind1 2 жыл бұрын
what is with Luke Evans or Hugh Jackman?^^
@jazmonikfox5806 4 жыл бұрын
Why on earth does he want to lose wait? he's so precious as he is. So beautiful to listen and watch him talk. Such a lovely person
@okaminess 3 жыл бұрын
I think it was mostly being facetious. I want to say that it was kind of a generic question and maybe they could have tailored it a little more for him.
@alexjake.j906 2 жыл бұрын
@@okaminess what?
@allisonforfornsed 8 ай бұрын
OMG I'm giggling like an idiot. He's so charming lol
@elinalilac 4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful and charming man! I love the way he talks and expresses his ideas so vividly ❤️
@c.c.244 4 жыл бұрын
200 pound dumbells no repeats
@c.c.244 4 жыл бұрын
eternal life
@frank6551 4 жыл бұрын
Oh my, I love him SO much! I could listen to him talk for hours and never get tired of his voice and his beautiful face. (Yeah, Michael, you're beautiful af, even if you don't lose weight)
@76marji 3 жыл бұрын
omigosh, i thought [through the whole thing], "i wish he would read me a 🛌 bed-time story 'til i fall asleep!". 🥰
@frank6551 3 жыл бұрын
@@76marji OH YES!
@Harrietmjones 3 жыл бұрын
His voice actually reminds me of my gran’s. It’s that calming, melodic voices that they both have/had, it’s just lovely to hear. 🏴
@phyllismartin674 11 ай бұрын
Exactly
@nosleepinheaven 4 жыл бұрын
Too bad this didn’t come out before the Homeless World Cup, just read Michael Sheen financed a lot of it himself and spent a lot of his savings.
@BritishGQ 4 жыл бұрын
The Homeless World Cup is on until August 3rd
@laurahall3094 Жыл бұрын
His income from his savings.
@iriscollins7583 Жыл бұрын
@@laurahall3094 What's the difference, His own money wasn't it
@laurahall3094 Жыл бұрын
@@iriscollins7583 I wonder if it's easier when you've got that much.
@pia91 9 ай бұрын
@@laurahall3094 bro he basically went bust for this, he spent two million on it out of his own pocket and is now giving excess money from all his work to charities he co-runs or supports. maybe read up a bit before you comment. he's not Tom Hanks you know?!
@user-it6zr2bm4n 3 жыл бұрын
i'm so proud to be welsh!! I was very happy to hear are welsh national anthem in this video i even held my hand on my heart 😊 🏴
@trainsuk5777 2 жыл бұрын
I'm proud to be cuymrug
@trainsuk5777 2 жыл бұрын
Cymregg
@gaynormainwaring1853 2 жыл бұрын
Please don’t do that - copying this Americanism is not good.
@Taihei1305 Жыл бұрын
@@gaynormainwaring1853 what?
@anastasiastoli7245 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent interview by an excellent actor and dedicated activist. Can't wait for the show!
@cheyennelupusmandragora2154 3 жыл бұрын
The most relaxing voice of this century
@CPT_B 5 ай бұрын
So cute to see him speak of his girlfriend here when this was filmed, and to know that they are still together in present day and have 2 daughters together!
@Harrietmjones 3 жыл бұрын
His voice actually reminds me of my gran’s. It’s that calming, melodic voices that they both have/had, it’s just lovely to hear. 🏴
@prairievamp 4 жыл бұрын
What marvelous, joyous energy he has!
@c.c.244 4 жыл бұрын
hi
@kathyd65 3 жыл бұрын
I find his character on Prodigal Son so fascinating....wish they had let him keep his Welsh accent for the part. I think it would've added to his character.
@hayze_ablaze 6 ай бұрын
This was four years ago now and that means Michael has one more year to get to his peak physical fitness.
@stellathoma7900 2 жыл бұрын
*its 1am, me sitting in my bed watching this* Michael: I want to lose weight Me: *trying not to scream* WhAt ? Darling, you are perfect !!! YOU DONT NEED TO !!!! *starts crying because he is perfect , literally*
@phyllismartin674 11 ай бұрын
Exactly
@timphillips9954 9 күн бұрын
The more I hear this man speak the more pride I have in being Welsh,
@nessydepp6618 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not ready for a ripped Michael Sheen
@robyndaniell434 4 жыл бұрын
Nessy Depp (sorry just saw this) "I'm not ready for a ripped Michael Sheen" I submit for your perusal; Lucian (Underworld, Rise of the Lycans).
@nessydepp6618 4 жыл бұрын
@@robyndaniell434 oh yeah of course but a 55 year old Michael Sheen is what I'm not ready for
@robyndaniell434 4 жыл бұрын
@@nessydepp6618 My dude, none of us were ready for feral Lucian, and that was fifteen (?) years ago! Try to catch Jeff Garlin's podcast, in which MS is described (multiple times) by the host as "adorable"! (!!!) "Adorable"? "Feral"? This walking definition of chaotic good "leaves 'em whimpering".
@c.c.244 4 жыл бұрын
Gothic,"purse",Uncle Vinnie and Paul with there soft cheeks and palms read no repeats."phone booth no repeats"
@okaminess 3 жыл бұрын
I love his goal!!
@beelinton319 2 ай бұрын
I love how in the first question he rushes through the activities and get straight to the main point of the whole event as fast as he can. Really shows that he goes for the cause and not for the fun or free food. I love Michael sheen so much❤
@Ardacalya 4 жыл бұрын
I love him so much I’m gonna burst
@nebulonicc 4 жыл бұрын
HES SO PURE
@sheebeebug 5 ай бұрын
I love this man so much 😭
@carrot7590 Жыл бұрын
Ta ra means goodbye and is mainly used in South Wales. In the North we tend to say Hwyl or Hwyl fawr. Which actually just mean fun or big fun.
@daijones5558 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea it was a welsh thing till I lived with people from other nations.
@TheTomPeeters Жыл бұрын
Hwyl fawr actually means big sail, etymologically speaking :)
@carrot7590 Жыл бұрын
@@TheTomPeeters that's weird. Saling was never a large part of Welsh culture.
@carrot7590 Жыл бұрын
@@TheTomPeeters are you sure that's the root?
@carrot7590 Жыл бұрын
@@TheTomPeeters cause i always thought of it as meaning 'it was fun' referring to talking to the person / whatever you doing with them.
@missyarabella 4 жыл бұрын
I guess I'm the sixth to comment! Michael Sheen... you beautiful and compassionate human being 😍😘
@andrewstamps2806 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Michael thankyou very much x😊🌈
@sandra5804 4 жыл бұрын
I think i m in love
@marzettik 6 ай бұрын
You are magic people! ❤
@MichaelGaribaldi 4 жыл бұрын
He was great in Underworld!
@tigristhelynx7224 2 ай бұрын
LOL He's now 55 and playing Bevan in "Nye"! Look at how far he's come. His roles dictate whether or not he needs to lose weight, and at the moment, he doesn't need to. Can't believe that back then he thought he needed to lose weight. He looks wonderful!
@lowri5485 4 жыл бұрын
I live in Cardiff! X
@karinvasu3005 4 жыл бұрын
hope he can get to speak welsh!!
@matthewprice2626 2 жыл бұрын
He's just sold his house to give money to homeless people! Legend
@katiemcollects 2 жыл бұрын
If he loses weight, we will riot. He is p e r f e c t. Absolutely adorable. Don’t you dare, Michael! 😂 Abs are overrated. Love this man with my whole heart.
@phyllismartin674 11 ай бұрын
Exactly
@lynnporter9440 Жыл бұрын
Tara is something we said in West Midlands
@pendafen7405 Жыл бұрын
Quite a bit of slang from the West Midlands, as well as some place and colloquial names, come from Welsh roots, particularly in the Border Counties. In a few of the more rural Border Shires, the dialect could essentially be described as Wenglish.
@Garyinspired95 4 жыл бұрын
This is PRECIOUS! “Tada!” 😂
@CastOnCalamity 4 жыл бұрын
Cool! 🧶🤓💕🌹
@cnrt7835 Жыл бұрын
Just similar to the tara-tada, myfriend form Yorkshire used to watch this old welsh comedian who at the end of every stand up would say nos da, and she thought he was saying no star and just thought there was some weird phenomenon that meant there were no stars in Wales 😂
@maggieb9597 Жыл бұрын
Dw'i Caru ❤️
@diyaa5821 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Michael ✌
@user-kf9ou4ht6l 7 ай бұрын
It’s been 4 years. Are you on track to speak (and performing in) Welsh by this time next year?
@_fulstop Жыл бұрын
We say turrah in Yorkshire too, I thought it was a thing the whole world did honestly 😂
@hollybramhall1351 Жыл бұрын
same in lancashire, i think it must be something shared by lots of british places at least
@SianJones-dn9wh Жыл бұрын
I always say tara wen! Brought up on the Wirral. I speak a little Welsh , trying to improve..
@andrewfenn3019 Жыл бұрын
I'm Australian, my favourite Welsh saying is from episode 1 of Staged. Cachu Hwch - Total f**king disaster. I don't know if that is the Welsh translation but that's how Michael Sheen translated that.
@Ater_Draco Жыл бұрын
You're right. The literal translation is pig sh!t, but idiomatic translation is total f-ing disaster 🇦🇺🏴
@andrewfenn3019 Жыл бұрын
@@Ater_Draco thank you
@76marji 3 жыл бұрын
ta-da-ah!!🤣
@Rose-gz3iu 2 жыл бұрын
I just came across this video to try and see what Charles Jones sounds like (iykyk)
@wag5947 Жыл бұрын
Get your own effing glue .....that's my favourite saying
@carolinecollett4349 2 ай бұрын
Four years ago it was a different world.
@rafthejaf8789 Жыл бұрын
Why is KZfaq randomly putting videos like this one about things that occurred years ago?
@3pebbles 4 ай бұрын
I suspect because after the ending of Good Omens everyone is trying to get a Michael Sheen fix
@synkkamaan1331 Жыл бұрын
Wales is the country of druids! Tara!
@tayloraustin4759 Жыл бұрын
Look who it is its Aro From twilight
@NightFight164 2 жыл бұрын
Ok!
@SkinnyEMedia 2 жыл бұрын
Ta-ra or pob hwyl!
@gaynormainwaring1853 4 жыл бұрын
Go for it? Dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg ac mae e’n grêt.
@alexjake.j906 2 жыл бұрын
Loose a bit of weight...Man, dont you do that. You are not unhealthy you dont need to loose a thing. You're so handsome already
@phyllismartin674 11 ай бұрын
Exactly
@baizhanghuaihai2298 2 жыл бұрын
Cymraeg, Gaeilge, agus Gàidhlig…stór an chine daonna.
@ri8900 4 жыл бұрын
i love this man but does he actually speak welsh im confused
@ri8900 4 жыл бұрын
oop edit he said he doesn’t but he’d love to learn it i’m soft :,)) hes so CUTE and welsh is a lovely language i wish him well awh
@peterreed736 Жыл бұрын
I love Welsh accents but I find the Welsh language to be harsh on the ear and not vaguely pleasant to listen to (compared with say a language like Italian). But I have to say I'm pleased efforts are being made to encourage people to learn Welsh because it's important that it prospers and is used as a matter of course. All languages are important...even if I don't particularly like the language.
@jameshudson169 18 күн бұрын
is your last name "estivez"?
@cloudburstt 4 ай бұрын
Brb looking for an apartment in Wales....
@iolo1920 3 жыл бұрын
Chwara teg
@sunleticonversations5784 4 жыл бұрын
First!
@NyxarionAchlys 2 жыл бұрын
Wait, he is Welsh but doesn't speak Welsh? How does that work? /gen
@thony9044 2 жыл бұрын
Well Wales isn’t a sovereign state, like say Germany or France. For a long time people were forced to speak English meaning the Welsh language wasn’t being passed on from generation to generation. But people from Wales are still Welsh, Welsh just isn’t everybody’s mothertounge there.
@DangerousDavies2008 Жыл бұрын
30% of Wales speak Welsh fluently. During the 19th and early 20th century it was almost wiped out due to the dominance of English. This course was reversed on the introduction of the Welsh language act in the 1970s.
@Capybarrrraaaa Жыл бұрын
Cymru has been fighting a systematic cultural-genocide for over 800 years. A result of that was a near-extinguishing of our language. Couple that with the fact that Cymraeg uses multiple sounds which don't appear in English, and you've got countless generations of children who now have a massive hill to climb to just use their mother-tongue.
@DangerousDavies2008 Жыл бұрын
@@Capybarrrraaaa saying it’s an ongoing Cultural Genocide is pushing it. No one is prevented from learning Welsh and medium schools do better than most. In fact Welsh is required for many public sector jobs.
@tombartram7384 Жыл бұрын
Everyone in a Wales has the opportunity to learn Welsh and 99% can't be arsed. Michael is one of them.
@whitebane4209 7 ай бұрын
hot
@angelenapulis9083 8 ай бұрын
Michael, your Aziraphale is showing.
@sarahdaydream9682 4 жыл бұрын
Third! 😘
@6pwn784 4 жыл бұрын
2nd
@jacquelinefox2632 Жыл бұрын
Nowinamini
@MyIneffablePonyyy 4 ай бұрын
How do you spell total fcking disaster in welsh
@gillianwilson7469 2 жыл бұрын
Wrong for the doctor
@johnhague5155 Жыл бұрын
Adultry and liar. 3 kids to two ladys and a number of failed relationships. What was great granny Phillips like little Micky. I never got to meet my family from Wales. You ask me not tell me what yiu want. Show some respect little boy.
@Ater_Draco Жыл бұрын
Grow up 🤡
@wingsofwalnuts 11 ай бұрын
Wtf? 😂
@sparklygloss541 8 ай бұрын
bro you good? 💀
@victorgrainger895 Жыл бұрын
Boring git
@mothratemporalradio517 Жыл бұрын
Don't talk about yourself that way :v
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