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" 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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" When I was playing Gandalf, I didn't think, 'Oh my dear, I'm playing a 7,000 year old wizard,' because I've never met one, and I don't know what they're like. "

" 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. "

" I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me. "

" '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. "

" No actor wants to play to an empty house. "

" The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them. "

" When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements. "

" Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them. "

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" I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them. "

" Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job. "

" I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I used to comfort myself when I became an actor that it was a useful job, entertaining people. And it was important to do it as well as you possibly can. "

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

" My own death threats have declined considerably. "

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

" Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people like us and, of course, would change lives enormously - the lives of gay people and of their friends and of their families and therefore of Australia as a whole. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "