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Ian McKellen quotes: When you're on stage with an audience, the director's nowhere to be seen. He's onto the next job. When you're on stage with an audience, the director's nowhere to be seen. He's onto the next job.
Ian McKellen quotes: You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever. You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
Ian McKellen quotes: My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out. My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out.
Ian McKellen quotes: I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another. I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
Ian McKellen quotes: I've got a waistline to develop. I've got a waistline to develop.
Ian McKellen quotes: If you are playing King Lear you are the centre of attention anyway. You don't need to draw attention to yourself. It's all laid out for you. If you are playing King Lear you are the centre of attention anyway. You don't need to draw attention to yourself. It's all laid out for you.
Ian McKellen quotes: Gandalf's a good guy, and it's a good part. He says the right things, he believes the right things. An actor can have fun with it. Gandalf's a good guy, and it's a good part. He says the right things, he believes the right things. An actor can have fun with it.
Ian McKellen quotes: WOLF BROTHER is the kind of story you dream of reading and all to rarely find. WOLF BROTHER is the kind of story you dream of reading and all to rarely find.
Ian McKellen quotes: I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.' I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'
Ian McKellen quotes: There's lots of Tolkien that must be confusing to people. There's lots of Tolkien that must be confusing to people.
Ian McKellen quotes: I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out. I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out.
Ian McKellen quotes: Doing some of the 'Lord Of The Rings' press junkets got a bit claustrophobic. Doing some of the 'Lord Of The Rings' press junkets got a bit claustrophobic.
Ian McKellen quotes: The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true. The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true.
Ian McKellen quotes: There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that. There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
Ian McKellen quotes: I'll never put my memoirs in print. I'll never put my memoirs in print.
Ian McKellen quotes: I've always had very catholic tastes. I've always had very catholic tastes.
Ian McKellen quotes: In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers. In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.
Ian McKellen quotes: You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people. You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people.
Ian McKellen quotes: I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen. I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
Ian McKellen quotes: Gandalf is in Middle-earth to keep an eye on everybody, and that can be a rather serious matter. Gandalf is in Middle-earth to keep an eye on everybody, and that can be a rather serious matter.
Ian McKellen quotes: I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem. I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.
Ian McKellen quotes: I'm dead against the idea that you should try to "cure" people of being gay. I'm dead against the idea that you should try to "cure" people of being gay.
Ian McKellen quotes: I've always felt that 'X-Men' was about something serious. It wasn't just fantasy. I've always felt that 'X-Men' was about something serious. It wasn't just fantasy.
Ian McKellen quotes: I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay. I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
Ian McKellen quotes: There are some fantastic parts for older actors. There are some fantastic parts for older actors.
Ian McKellen quotes: What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you? What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
Ian McKellen quotes: In the '50s and '60s, the life of a gay man was a secret. Homosexuality was illegal, so you didn't draw attention to yourself. In the '50s and '60s, the life of a gay man was a secret. Homosexuality was illegal, so you didn't draw attention to yourself.
Ian McKellen quotes: If you've got Mystique as your girlfriend the fun you could have in bed - I've just imagined X-Men 3 might open with me in bed with Patrick Stewart. If you've got Mystique as your girlfriend the fun you could have in bed - I've just imagined X-Men 3 might open with me in bed with Patrick Stewart.
Ian McKellen quotes: Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the best policy. Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the best policy.
Ian McKellen quotes: Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing. Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing.
Ian McKellen quotes: The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that. The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that.
Ian McKellen quotes: Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you're wondering, "Will there be an audience?" Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you're wondering, "Will there be an audience?"
Ian McKellen quotes: I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.' I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.'
Ian McKellen quotes: My own death threats have declined considerably. My own death threats have declined considerably.
Ian McKellen quotes: Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth. Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth.
Ian McKellen quotes: I'm cheaper than Anthony Hopkins. I'm cheaper than Anthony Hopkins.
Ian McKellen quotes: 'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me. 'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
Ian McKellen quotes: Gandalf saves the world and saves the soul of the world, really. Gandalf saves the world and saves the soul of the world, really.
Ian McKellen quotes: People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?' People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
Ian McKellen quotes: No one needs to feel sorry for me or anyone else who has fallen victim to success. No one needs to feel sorry for me or anyone else who has fallen victim to success.
Ian McKellen quotes: I suspect the base that I'm working from is not particularly one of inquiry, but of memory of what I did last time. I suspect the base that I'm working from is not particularly one of inquiry, but of memory of what I did last time.
Ian McKellen quotes: Gandalf is ever-present in my life. I like it. Gandalf is ever-present in my life. I like it.
Ian McKellen quotes: I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic. I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
Ian McKellen quotes: Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane. Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane.
Ian McKellen quotes: The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie. The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.
Ian McKellen quotes: Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel. Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.
Ian McKellen quotes: My ambition is to get better as an actor. My ambition is to get better as an actor.
Ian McKellen quotes: 'Lord of the Rings' was about saving the world, big time, big duties. 'Lord of the Rings' was about saving the world, big time, big duties.
Ian McKellen quotes: Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like. Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.
Ian McKellen quotes: No actor wants to play to an empty house. No actor wants to play to an empty house.
Ian McKellen quotes: Bolton School has a great tradition in the liberal arts. Bolton School has a great tradition in the liberal arts.
Ian McKellen quotes: Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do. Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
Ian McKellen quotes: When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much. When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
Ian McKellen quotes: It is so painful watching yourself act, particularly because you can't do anything about it, it's all done and dusted. It is so painful watching yourself act, particularly because you can't do anything about it, it's all done and dusted.
Ian McKellen quotes: Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played. Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
Ian McKellen quotes: I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them. I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them.
Ian McKellen quotes: Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well. Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well.
Ian McKellen quotes: Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work. Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work.
Ian McKellen quotes: The audience's expectations are ever-present. The audience's expectations are ever-present.
Ian McKellen quotes: I love working in New York. I love working in New York.
Ian McKellen quotes: To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential. To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential.
Ian McKellen quotes: I think I'm a bit gruffer than I used to be, and I'm certainly older. I think I'm a bit gruffer than I used to be, and I'm certainly older.
Ian McKellen quotes: In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can. In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.
Ian McKellen quotes: I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything. I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
Ian McKellen quotes: Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them. Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
Ian McKellen quotes: When I left Cambridge, I applied to regional repertory theaters in the U.K. and got accepted by one of them ... And here I am, still at it. When I left Cambridge, I applied to regional repertory theaters in the U.K. and got accepted by one of them ... And here I am, still at it.
Ian McKellen quotes: I have lots of fans, they are mostly under the age of 12, boys and girls. I have lots of fans, they are mostly under the age of 12, boys and girls.
Ian McKellen quotes: There's something wholesome about the theatre. There's something wholesome about the theatre.
Ian McKellen quotes: Who does understand life? Who does understand life?
Ian McKellen quotes: It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier. It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
Ian McKellen quotes: Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience. Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience.
Ian McKellen quotes: Success in the movies has pushed me to places I didn't know I was allowed to go. Success in the movies has pushed me to places I didn't know I was allowed to go.
Ian McKellen quotes: When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore. When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore.
Ian McKellen quotes: I'm a latecomer to popular TV. This is rather new to me, being in a sitcom. It's been an ambition of mine. I'm a latecomer to popular TV. This is rather new to me, being in a sitcom. It's been an ambition of mine.
Ian McKellen quotes: I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job. I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.
Ian McKellen quotes: Tolkien is as good as Dickens at sketching a scene. Tolkien is as good as Dickens at sketching a scene.
Ian McKellen quotes: I got intrigued by working in small theatres. I got intrigued by working in small theatres.
Ian McKellen quotes: I like sleeping a lot. I like sleeping a lot.
Ian McKellen quotes: I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work. I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
Ian McKellen quotes: Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you're gay. Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you're gay.
Ian McKellen quotes: If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint. If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.
Ian McKellen quotes: I'm an eccentric English actor, and there's a lot of us around. I'm an eccentric English actor, and there's a lot of us around.
Ian McKellen quotes: My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don't come out at you, but rather you - The audience come into the film. My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don't come out at you, but rather you - The audience come into the film.
Ian McKellen quotes: I live for the text. It's my job. I live for the text. It's my job.
Ian McKellen quotes: [There's] nothing special about an actor's imagination, except that he uses it a lot. [There's] nothing special about an actor's imagination, except that he uses it a lot.
Ian McKellen quotes: How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play. How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
Ian McKellen quotes: When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements. When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.
Ian McKellen quotes: People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates. People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
Ian McKellen quotes: Television can take anything. It can take the most exaggerated of storytelling forms. Television can take anything. It can take the most exaggerated of storytelling forms.
Ian McKellen quotes: I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown. I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
Ian McKellen quotes: I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book. I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
Ian McKellen quotes: I love the Broadway audiences, who relish live drama and don't hesitate to display their enthusiasm. I love the Broadway audiences, who relish live drama and don't hesitate to display their enthusiasm.
Ian McKellen quotes: Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend ... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful. Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend ... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.
Ian McKellen quotes: Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them. Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.
Ian McKellen quotes: I'm not someone who wears shades all the time and ducks into a darkened car in case I'm recognized - that would be absolute misery. I'm not someone who wears shades all the time and ducks into a darkened car in case I'm recognized - that would be absolute misery.
Ian McKellen quotes: There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud. There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.
Ian McKellen quotes: You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk. You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.
Ian McKellen quotes: Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that. Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that.
Ian McKellen quotes: There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay. There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.
Ian McKellen quotes: Very, very rare that you do a job knowing that the audience is desperate for you to do that job. Most films you make don't get released, is the fact. Very, very rare that you do a job knowing that the audience is desperate for you to do that job. Most films you make don't get released, is the fact.

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