304 Quotes by Ian Mckellen

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

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

I'm dead against the idea that you should try to "cure" people of being gay.

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.

I've had enough of being a gay icon! I've had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came out, I keep getting all these parts, and my career's taken off. I want a quiet life. I'm going back into the closet. But I can't get back into the closet, because it's absolutely jam-packed full of other actors.

To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential.

Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.

I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.