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
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
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
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
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
People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates. — 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 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
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 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
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 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
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
