"Journalists often ask me: "Aren't you sorry that……" — Ian Mckellen
"Journalists often ask me: "Aren't you sorry that after all the work you've done, you're best known as Magneto and Gandalf?" But that's what I've always wanted - not to be known as myself. I want to draw attention to the characters."
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103 Quotes by Ian Mckellen
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