"Until I came out, my acting was all……" — Ian Mckellen
"Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth."
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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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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the…
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For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a…
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We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation…
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling…
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What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences,…
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You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social…
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
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I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.
— Kevin Bacon
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