Ian Mckellen Quotes
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You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family.
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My works look to how images are produced, but specially based upon how the material reacts.
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I get tired of comedies where there are a bunch of funny guys and a beautiful woman who doesn't do anything funny. And I don't like books where there's a rough-and-tumble boy and a really clever, snotty girl. That's just not my experience with teenagers.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.
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I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.
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How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.
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It might sound like I'm a dreamer, but economic models have reached their height of evolution. Technology has evolved. What hasn't evolved is mankind's spirituality; everything is from 3,000 years ago. With spirituality comes morals, a better way of thinking.
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The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.
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You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
