English - Actor | May 25, 1939 -
Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing.
Ian Mckellen
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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.'
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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.
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My own death threats have declined considerably.
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There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.
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If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.
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The BAFTAs give the British point of view, and the Oscars give the American point of view, but the truth is we're all working in an international industry.
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I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
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Very, very rare that you do a job knowing that the audience is desperate for you to do that job. Most films you make don't get released, is the fact.
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There are some fantastic parts for older actors.
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I certainly wouldn't define myself as a northerner. I'm not even really sure what that means. I've lived in London for 50 years. I wasn't born here, but I have spent most of my life here. So I don't make much of it, to be honest. I'm just myself.
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When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
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