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
You would be surprised how many directors don't know what they want. They might not know what they want until they see… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
If you're sounding right, you're probably walking right, and vice versa. If you get the footwork right - if you get even… — 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
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 can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk. — 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
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
For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Success in the movies has pushed me to places I didn't know I was allowed to go. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
A few years ago, a friend said to me: "You do realize, Ian, when X-Men and Lord of the Rings come out,… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I'm not experienced enough, or certain enough of my acting on the screen to say to a director, "You are wrong, I… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Baz [Luhrmann] paid me one of the greatest compliments ever. I don't know him, really, but when I first met him I… — 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 Image
It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
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 Image
Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
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 Image
![“Baz [Luhrmann] paid me one of the greatest compliments ever. I don't know him, really, but when I first met him I was congratulating him on ROMEO + JULIET - which I think is a wonderful adaptation - and he said, "Oh, well we couldn't have done it without your RICHARD III, which was an…” quote by Ian Mckellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/105/ian-mckellen-1396_adaptation_baz-luhrmann-paid-me-one-of-the-greatest_2176844.jpg)
