Ian Mckellen Quotes
The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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Glasgow has truly become my home away from home.
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The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.
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There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
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The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.
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All men begin their learning with Homer.
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There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
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I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revisit a work you come up with a new way of improving it. It's a good way to brush up your craft and your skills, so I think it's a good thing to do, keep seeing your films.
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I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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You can buy attention (advertising). You can beg for attention from the media (PR). You can bug people one at a time to get attention (sales). Or you can earn attention by creating something interesting and valuable and then publishing it online for free.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.
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The origin of every sin of the heart is love of this world.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.
