I came rather late to film. I've done an awful lot of theater before - before I discovered the camera, you know,… — 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
That's the imagination that happens in the theater. That imagination is translated in film by the film magicians and all the technology. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on makeup and a costume, I… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The most likely explanation is the most practical. 'Macbeth' is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth.… — 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
Before I ever acted as an amateur - which I did a great deal at school and at university - I used… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I don't any longer make any quality judgement between theater and cinema. They are different experiences for the audience, and they also… — 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
