"Establishing the rights for gay people to be……" — Ian Mckellen
"Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people like us and, of course, would change lives enormously - the lives of gay people and of their friends and of their families and therefore of Australia as a whole."
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103 Quotes by Ian Mckellen
Ian Mckellen has 103 quotes on this site.
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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…
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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…
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Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production…
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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…
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There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his…
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If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: Be honest with each other.…
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I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within…
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I love being at home, being with friends and family. I'm of European stock, brought up in Australia. I'm a…
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I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon…
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There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I…
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There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.
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If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
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Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding…
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There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One…
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It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia.
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I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a…
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For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection,…
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