"No actor wants to play to an empty…" — Ian Mckellen

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103 Quotes by Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen has 103 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look, because they haven't had their chin wrapped…
I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'
I've had enough of being a gay icon! I've had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came…
Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production…
Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of…
There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but…
When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it…
There's no sex in Middle Earth.
It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I…
In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn't in the house last night, the designer wasn't…
It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his…
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 just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different… — Kevin Bacon
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
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