Ian Mckellen Quotes
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Why not celebrate those who want to marry and bring up a family?
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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If you've been in a film that's seen by millions and millions and millions of people, you're more likely to be recognized for that than for your theater performances, which were seen by considerably less people. Why would I get upset by that?
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I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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Will I miss Gandalf? Well, I don't miss him, because people are constantly coming up to me mentioning him and talking about him, so I don't feel that I've lost contact.
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I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.
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When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.
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Quakers are terrific.
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You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war. You'll only hear me talk about being gay and being an actor. I am just public on those two issues.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came.
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I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
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I've got a waistline to develop.
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There are some fantastic parts for older actors.