"To be allowed for the first time in……" — Ian Mckellen
"To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about."
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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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Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.
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