Ian Mckellen Quotes
I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.
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All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.
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I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me in the butt in my adult years. Every show I have done professionally has required me to study the world in which my characters lived.
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Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
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From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
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The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.
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In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false.
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A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001.
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I just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best.
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If you are messing around all day and then scream for certainty, you're not going to get it. If you spend energy and do the work and develop that certainty, you'll get to where you need to be, even if you don't know exactly where that is.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.
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If you want to spend weekends with your family, something's got to give.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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America doesn't have health insurance.
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
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Until I was 16 or 17, I had heard practically nothing about the history that preceded 1945. Only when we were 17 were we confronted with a documentary film of the opening of the Belsen camp.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
