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
challenged great join joys life playing seeing
'King Lear,' I've been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime... to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that's challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics.
playing
When I was playing Gandalf, I didn't think, 'Oh my dear, I'm playing a 7,000 year old wizard,' because I've never met one, and I don't know what they're like.
deaths public
There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.
There are some fantastic parts for older actors.
The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.
good tolkien
Tolkien is as good as Dickens at sketching a scene.
work
I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
people
I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'
I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
act portraying pretend
How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
bit guy particular whereas
Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane.
Gandalf saves the world and saves the soul of the world, really.
rather
Gandalf is in Middle-earth to keep an eye on everybody, and that can be a rather serious matter.
life
Gandalf is ever-present in my life. I like it.