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
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?"
acting wish different
I'm not experienced enough, or certain enough of my acting on the screen to say to a director, "You are wrong, I am right. I will only do it this way." I could never feel that, I wish I could be absolutely certain. But on the stage, it's different. I know where I am on the stage.
memories looks bullets
My memory of 3D movies is Fernando Lamas in a swashbuckling movie. And I suppose it had been the fifties, in which swords came out at you, bullets came out at you, things were thrown into the auditorium, apparently. All that sort of cheap, "Oh, look at us, we've got 3D" isn't in the film.
done painful
It is so painful watching yourself act, particularly because you can't do anything about it, it's all done and dusted.
thinking used used-to-be
I think I'm a bit gruffer than I used to be, and I'm certainly older.
covered-up hair faces
In fact, my face has shrunk in the meantime, but it won't be particularly noticeable because it's covered up with hair. So I hope I'm not alarmed if I ever do sit through the five movies.