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" My ambition is to get better as an actor. "

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Telling The Truth

" I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.' "

" Theatre is relatively easy if you're British - you're living in the theatre capital of the world, London - there are so many places you can work, still. If I had begun to think of myself as a film actor, I think I would have got distracted. "

" Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you're gay. "

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" Gandalf saves the world and saves the soul of the world, really. "

" I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay. "

" Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing. "

" I like sleeping a lot. "

" 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? "

" I have lots of fans, they are mostly under the age of 12, boys and girls. "

" Doing some of the 'Lord Of The Rings' press junkets got a bit claustrophobic. "

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" 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.' "

" If you've been in a film that's seen by millions and millions and millions of people, you're more likely to be recognized for that than for your theater performances, which were seen by considerably less people. Why would I get upset by that? "

" What's nice for me, having identified myself for years as being rather shy, is now, wherever I am, in public, there tends to be a friendly face who's pleased to see me, and I like that. "

" How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play. "

" Gandalf is ever-present in my life. I like it. "

" 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!' "

" There's something wholesome about the theatre. "

" When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You should be so lucky to have a taxi - I walk to work!' So I have lots of young friends, who fortunately don't treat me as a guru, a person that knows all the answers. "

" I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887 - 1976) lived and painted. "