English - Actor | May 25, 1939 -
When I left Cambridge, I applied to regional repertory theaters in the U.K. and got accepted by one of them... And here I am, still at it.
Ian Mckellen
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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.
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I don't any longer make any quality judgement between theater and cinema. They are different experiences for the audience, and they also are for the actors - although they have a lot in common.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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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.
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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.
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No actor wants to play to an empty house.
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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.
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I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
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There are a lot of actors - I'm probably one - who are most at home when they're on stage.
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well.
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