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Ian Mckellen has 105 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look, because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the…
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I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'
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I've had enough of being a gay icon! I've had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came out, I…
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Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth.…
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Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that…
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There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of…
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When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every…
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There's no sex in Middle Earth.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier…
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In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn't in the house last night, the designer wasn't there, the…
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It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality. And…
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If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: Be honest with each other. Admit there…
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're…
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