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" There's no sex in Middle Earth. "

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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. "

" It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation. "

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

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

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" 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. "

" 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? "

" I like sleeping a lot. "

" 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. "

" I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.' "

" My own death threats have declined considerably. "

" There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've always had very catholic tastes. "

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

" I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me. "

" Quakers are terrific. "

" It's an interesting but useless bit of information that every single character in 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' wears a wig, and many of them wears a prosthetic - false ears, feet, hands. In my case, nose. "

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

" I headed out to have a breather at the stage door, dressed in my tramp costume. I had my bowler hat between my feet and there were passers-by, and one of them turned back and said, 'Do you need help, brother?' And $1 fell into my hat! "

" 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. "

" People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?' "

" There's something wholesome about the theatre. "

" I have heard of people dying from prostate cancer, and they are the unlucky ones, the people who didn't know they had got it, and it went on the rampage. "

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" One school invited me down, as two pupils had come out, and the headmaster didn't know what to do about it. I said, 'How many students here are gay?' and he said, 'Just these two.' Clearly not. 'How many gay members of staff have you got?' He had no idea. And this was a concerned man. "

" 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. "

" 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. "