304 Quotes by Ian Mckellen

I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.

I have lots of fans, they are mostly under the age of 12, boys and girls.

Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that.

Doing some of the 'Lord Of The Rings' press junkets got a bit claustrophobic.

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.

I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887-1976) lived and painted.

Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth.

When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore.

I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.