QUOTES by Ian Mckellen
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Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing.
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Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.
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On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.
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I've always felt that 'X-Men' was about something serious. It wasn't just fantasy.
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If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.
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You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You will fail now.' But I suppose that's true of us all.
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If you are playing King Lear you are the centre of attention anyway. You don't need to draw attention to yourself. It's all laid out for you.
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Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that.
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What's nice for me, having identified myself for years as being rather shy, is now, wherever I am, in public, there tends to be a friendly face who's pleased to see me, and I like that.
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It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all.
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The first film role I deliberately chose to play after I came out was a raging heterosexual, John Profumo.
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I just followed my parents' example and advice on living, which was to leave the world a better place than you found it. They were professional do-gooders, ministers of the church, social workers, teachers, and missionaries, that sort of thing.
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In the U.K. there is still work to be done, particularly in schools, stopping the homophobic bullies in the playground and introducing unbiased discussion on gay issues in the classroom.
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Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.
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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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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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I remember Tom Stoppard saying to me when I came out, 'I feel so sorry for you, because you'll never have children.' These days I would say, 'Well, why not, Tom?'
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Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you're gay.
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Gandalf's a good guy, and it's a good part. He says the right things, he believes the right things. An actor can have fun with it.
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The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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I know actors who have had to turn down good roles because they just don't pay enough. It's hard.
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Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job.
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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It is really, really wonderful that in your old age you are protected by specialists who understand your problems and sort them out for you. Well, isn't that what we all need?
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I always walk up the escalator on the Tube, and I live in a house with a lot of stairs, and that's good exercise, but you need more than that.
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I think with Shakespeare you can be required to do absolutely anything at the turn of a sixpence - suddenly you go into a battle, suddenly you utter something passionate.
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When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
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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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