304 Quotes by Ian Mckellen

I'm not someone who wears shades all the time and ducks into a darkened car in case I'm recognized - that would be absolute misery.

I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.

I increasingly see organized religion as actually my enemy. They treat me as their enemy. Not all Christians, of course. Not all Jews, not all Muslims.

I know actors who have had to turn down good roles because they just don't pay enough. It's hard.

I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.

I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out.

I'm an eccentric English actor, and there's a lot of us around.

I owe a great deal to Harold Hobson, doyen drama critic of the 'U.K. Sunday Times,' who championed me as Shakespeare's Richard II at the 1969 Edinburgh Festival.

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.