Architecture Quote by Ian Mckellen

“Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.”

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It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.

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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.

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Tolkien is as good as Dickens at sketching a scene.

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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…

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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'.…

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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…

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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…

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You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people.

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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…

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Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth.

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Elijah looks angelic but his beauty of spirit is what makes his Frodo leap out of the screen. Unalloyed goodness is one of the…

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