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" I increasingly see organized religion as actually my enemy. They treat me as their enemy. Not all Christians, of course. Not all Jews, not all Muslims. "
Ian Mckellen
See
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" I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really. "
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" Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them. "
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" I've always had very catholic tastes. "
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" I'm not someone who wears shades all the time and ducks into a darkened car in case I'm recognized - that would be absolute misery. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" I owe a great deal to Harold Hobson, doyen drama critic of the 'U.K. Sunday Times,' who championed me as Shakespeare's Richard II at the 1969 Edinburgh Festival. "
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" I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic. "
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" In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers. "
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Singapore
Government
" The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them. "
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" Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do. "
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" My ambition is to get better as an actor. "
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Better
Get
" Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work. "
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Him
" 'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that's challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics. "
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" I love working in New York. "
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New
" In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard. "
Ian Mckellen
Past
Parents
Die
" If we just made one movie, 'The Hobbit,' the fact is that all the fans, the eight-, nine- and 10-year-old boys, they would watch it 1,000 times. Now, they've got three films they can watch 1,000 times. "
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" It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier. "
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Reality
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" Fame creeps up on you. "
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Creeps
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You
" You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in. "
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Good
Death
Life
" One thing Middle-earth is short on is the feminine. "
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Thing
Short
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" It is really, really wonderful that in your old age you are protected by specialists who understand your problems and sort them out for you. Well, isn't that what we all need? "
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" 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. "
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" I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them. "
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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 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
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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 around the back of their ears. "
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America
" There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that. "
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" I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should. "
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I Am
Temptation
You
" Will I miss Gandalf? Well, I don't miss him, because people are constantly coming up to me mentioning him and talking about him, so I don't feel that I've lost contact. "
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