Quotes by : Ian Mckellen

Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not....

The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing....

I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was....

The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.....

I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.

Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering....

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if....

I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises,....

I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on....

I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.