Ian Mckellen Quotes
You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You will fail now.' But I suppose that's true of us all.
Quotes to Explore
-
I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it's very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.
-
I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
-
People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.
-
I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
-
There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
-
I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
-
I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
-
Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
-
I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
-
I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.
-
I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
-
NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.
-
You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
-
There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
-
There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
-
Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
-
Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
-
I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
-
The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.
-
I think the American people aren't looking for loyalty amongst candidates to other candidates. What the American people are looking for is loyalty to the American people.
-
Sometimes I become the comedy jukebox. I read the emails, people give me requests.The shows are just amazing; they're packed with people and they're so much fun to do.
-
We have these weapons of mass destruction on every street corner, and they're called donuts, cheeseburgers, French fries, potato chips, junk food. Our kids are living on a junk food diet.
-
You cannot expect a foreign country to be more Catholic than the pope for you.
-
You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You will fail now.' But I suppose that's true of us all.
