People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I'm dead against the idea that you should try to "cure" people of being gay. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
There are people who've enjoyed my work in the theater, and they let me know that it was special for them. I'm… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look, because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Will I miss Gandalf? Well, I don't miss him, because people are constantly coming up to me mentioning him and talking about… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I don't really like being with people my own age for long periods, because all we talk about is our decrepitude, how… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I have heard of people dying from prostate cancer, and they are the unlucky ones, the people who didn't know they had… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The huge difference in my lifetime is that you can just go up to somebody and make a pass. You couldn't do… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The demographic of our audience is young. It also contains a high proportion of black, Jewish and gay people, who have all… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
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… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: Be honest with each other. Admit there… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
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… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
As for the clarity of the 48 frames, I've heard people say that it looks odd, it's too demanding, there's too much… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I used to comfort myself when I became an actor that it was a useful job, entertaining people. And it was important… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Ever since the invention of the camera, people have been trying to create 3D, because we see things in 3D, and everyone's… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?' — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
If you get criticized, good - I don't think people get criticized enough. People talk behind your back and they criticize you,… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The battle going on over gay marriage in America reveals an awful lot. The Bible belt - people hate gay people. Because… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Because I was in the business of translating the 'X-Men' from the very successful comics, and taking the most popular book of… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti),… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I've played an awful lot of people that other people would call villains, but that isn't a very helpful attitude to have… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
If you are playing King Lear you are the centre of attention anyway. You don't need to draw attention to yourself. It's all laid… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
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'.… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
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… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
Elijah looks angelic but his beauty of spirit is what makes his Frodo leap out of the screen. Unalloyed goodness is one of the… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share
