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" I've always felt that 'X-Men' was about something serious. It wasn't just fantasy. "

" Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me. "

" There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of them is that I've got better as an actor. I've learnt how to do it. And I still have enough energy to do it. "

" I love working in New York. "

" The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that. "

" I know actors who have had to turn down good roles because they just don't pay enough. It's hard. "

" Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane. "

" I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things. "

" I always walk up the escalator on the Tube, and I live in a house with a lot of stairs, and that's good exercise, but you need more than that. "

" If you are playing King Lear you are the centre of attention anyway. You don't need to draw attention to yourself. It's all laid out for you. "

" 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. "

" I came rather late to film. I've done an awful lot of theater before - before I discovered the camera, you know, seeing everything, requiring much less acting and - and much less presentation, much less projecting, more just being. "

" The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person by Tolkien, who is introducing young people to the notion of Middle-earth. A lot of it is very light-hearted. "

" There's something wholesome about the theatre. "

" I get pretty grumpy about TV. "

" Why not celebrate those who want to marry and bring up a family? "

" I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown. "

" 'Lord of the Rings' was about saving the world, big time, big duties. "

" I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work. "

" I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached. "

" Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that. "

" Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like. "

" The battle going on over gay marriage in America reveals an awful lot. The Bible belt - people hate gay people. Because the Bible tells them? No, the Bible tells them an awful lot of things that they ignore. "

" It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all. "

" Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature. "

" When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing. "

" On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact. "

" There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay. "