Actor Quote by Ian Mckellen

There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like…

— Ian Mckellen

To be knighted, that would be amazing. I remember Alex Ferguson from Man Utd got it and Steve Redgrave - to be in the…

— Mo Farah

For me as a Welsh actor, Richard Burton is one of my biggest idols. And I've got so many: Peter O'Toole, Laurence Olivier and…

— Aneurin Barnard

The Brits are ghastly. I never would accept a Brit. It would be like Laurence Olivier being happy getting a TV Times award.

— Steven Morrissey

Britain has enormous amount of talent, as we've seen from the BAFTAs. It's all here, and it has to be allowed to flourish.

— Andy Serkis

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

I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. Ive…

— Kenneth Branagh

There are loads of amazing actors in the UK and only 2% of them are in work, which is crazy.

— Yasmin Paige

With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.

— Norman Jewison

There's an honourable tradition of British actors who've gone to Hollywood playing baddies. Part of that is because we grow up with Richard III…

— Mark Strong

Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.

— Jerry Weintraub

I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films…

— Tim Roth