You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
It's a joy to be up close to Derek Jacobi's work. Alas, we haven't worked very much, over the years, since we… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
There are directors, and I think this is true of all directors, it would be true if I was a director -… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I think it's one thing to declare your sexuality, if you care about what that is. It's another thing to start talking… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
2D looks so flat. Well, it is, of course, it's flat. But 3D isn't. And for an adventure story that takes you… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I think I'm a bit gruffer than I used to be, and I'm certainly older. — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I think if I were asked to do as many as fifty takes, I would assume the director had no idea what… — 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
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
![“I think it's one thing to declare your sexuality, if you care about what that is. It's another thing to start talking in public about what you do in private and who you do it with. It's not that they [my significant others] don't want to be identified as gay, but that they don't want to be…” quote by Ian Mckellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e27/ian-mckellen-1396_care_i-think-it-s-one-thing-to-declare-your-s_1055264.jpg)
![“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 inspiration!"…” 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)
