Ian Mckellen
Ian Mckellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBEis an English actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BIF Award, two Saturn Awards, four Drama Desk Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards. He has also received two Academy Award nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 May 1939
CityBurnley, England
inspiration thinking done
Baz [Luhrmann] paid me one of the greatest compliments ever. I don't know him, really, but when I first met him I was congratulating him on ROMEO + JULIET - which I think is a wonderful adaptation - and he said, "Oh, well we couldn't have done it without your RICHARD III, which was an inspiration!" I've never quite checked up on the dates to see whether or if, in fact, we did our film before he did his.
knows
Success in the movies has pushed me to places I didn't know I was allowed to go.
drama enthusiasm broadway
I love the Broadway audiences, who relish live drama and don't hesitate to display their enthusiasm.
new-york past men
On the day after 9/11, I walking through the smoke and the smells of New York. There were knots of policemen everywhere. As I went past one officer, he called out: "Hi, Magneto." That's an indication of X-Men's extraordinary reach.
memories lasts inquiry
I suspect the base that I'm working from is not particularly one of inquiry, but of memory of what I did last time.
people looks too-much-information
As for the clarity of the 48 frames, I've heard people say that it looks odd, it's too demanding, there's too much information, you don't know where to look.
film reactions audience
My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don't come out at you, but rather you - The audience come into the film.
people trying cameras
Ever since the invention of the camera, people have been trying to create 3D, because we see things in 3D, and everyone's aware that the camera doesn't.
adventure thinking long
2D looks so flat. Well, it is, of course, it's flat. But 3D isn't. And for an adventure story that takes you into a long-distant, fictional world, it's ideal, I think.
technology imagination film
That's the imagination that happens in the theater. That imagination is translated in film by the film magicians and all the technology.
thinking actors directors
The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true.
expectations audience
The audience's expectations are ever-present.
focus faults directors
Some directors don't tell you that it's not your fault, so you get increasingly depressed that you're not delivering what's required, and then you discover it's not you at all, it's something in the background that's out of focus.
jobs play film
Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you're wondering, "Will there be an audience?"