Ian Mckellen Quotes
When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
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I respect Lady Gaga very much.
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Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization.
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I feel very, very blessed.
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I have a very small public.
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I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.
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I lived in Montreal from the time I was 12 until I was 16.
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Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.
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I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.
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When the penalty for a policeman's mistake is to put a criminal back out on the street, then we are hurting America; we are hurting our law-abiding citizens.
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What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.
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Even though he's a third-generation San Franciscan, my father's very European in some ways, and he loves wine.
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I'm not a very fast-paced person.
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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I'm a very competitive person.
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I knew the profanity used up and down my street would not go over the air... So I trained myself to say 'Holy Cow' instead.
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I am very blessed.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.
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For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.
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Two powerful people can't be friends.
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Why did I want to become a director? I just had an early interest. My uncle was an actor in a local community theatre, and he ultimately persuaded me and a buddy of mine to come to that theatre, and we went to meet girls, and that turned into interested in kind of behind-the-scenes things, and from that point on, I was focused.
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No one wants to hear everything that's in your head. They just want you to live up to what comes out of your mouth.
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Hope is not a matter of age.
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When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
