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" I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job. "
Ian Mckellen
Job
Come
Comics
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" Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job. "
Ian Mckellen
Rich
Poor
Love
" 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. "
Ian Mckellen
Book
Young
Story
" Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful. "
Ian Mckellen
Friend
Life
You
" Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth. "
Ian Mckellen
Truth
Telling The Truth
Out
" We're very lucky, men, that there are these fabulous parts. Women - once you've done all the parts in Shakespeare, they start running out. So you can pick and choose and find something to energise you. "
Ian Mckellen
You
Choose
Done
" It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation. "
Ian Mckellen
Younger
Generation
Me
" Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying. "
Ian Mckellen
Important
Things
Shoulders
" Gandalf's a good guy, and it's a good part. He says the right things, he believes the right things. An actor can have fun with it. "
Ian Mckellen
Fun
Guy
Good
" Imagine trying to be a gay actor, a gay anything in modern Russia? Where to be positively oneself, to be affectionate in public with someone you love of the same gender, or to talk of that love in the hearing of anyone under 18, will put you prison? "
Ian Mckellen
Gender
Prison
Trying
" I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay. "
Ian Mckellen
Illegal
Man
Shy
" 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. "
Ian Mckellen
You
Way
Theatre
" I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.' "
Ian Mckellen
Saying
Front
Fiction
" If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy. "
Ian Mckellen
People
Happy
Love
" I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.' "
Ian Mckellen
Me
People
Day
" When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore. "
Ian Mckellen
Out
Lying
Years
" 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. "
Ian Mckellen
White
More
Job
" You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever. "
Ian Mckellen
You
Outfit
Anyone
" There's lots of Tolkien that must be confusing to people. "
Ian Mckellen
Lots
Tolkien
People
" 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. "
Ian Mckellen
Heat
Cooking
Consistency
" 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. "
Ian Mckellen
Bible
America
Hate
" Gandalf is ever-present in my life. I like it. "
Ian Mckellen
My Life
Like
Life
" There are people who've enjoyed my work in the theater, and they let me know that it was special for them. I'm not going to say, 'Well, you should have seen me as Gandalf!' "
Ian Mckellen
Special
Work
Know
" There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud. "
Ian Mckellen
Like
In The Past
Gay
" So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor? "
Ian Mckellen
You
Age
Me
" 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. "
Ian Mckellen
Waiting
Theatre
Management
" I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic. "
Ian Mckellen
Most
New
New York
" You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people. "
Ian Mckellen
Young
Older
Young People
" Very, very rare that you do a job knowing that the audience is desperate for you to do that job. Most films you make don't get released, is the fact. "
Ian Mckellen
You
Fact
Job
" If I have any audience, they can know that anything I am in, I would go see, with the expectation of being really satisfied. "
Ian Mckellen
Audience
Expectation
I Am
" Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth. It's a short play, it's an exciting play, it's easy to understand, and it attracts great acting. "
Ian Mckellen
Acting
Play
Short