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
coming constantly lost miss people talking
Will I miss Gandalf? Well, I don't miss him, because people are constantly coming up to me mentioning him and talking about him, so I don't feel that I've lost contact.
men talking years
A few years ago, a friend said to me: "You do realize, Ian, when X-Men and Lord of the Rings come out, your life will totally change?" I didn't know what he was talking about, but he was right. My life has totally changed - but in a good way. Unbeknownst to me, it's given me a lot more confidence.
gay thinking talking
I think it's one thing to declare your sexuality, if you care about what that is. It's another thing to start talking in public about what you do in private and who you do it with. It's not that they [my significant others] don't want to be identified as gay, but that they don't want to be identified as ... with me.
miss suppose
The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that.
australian change cost families gain gay government lives married people respect rights therefore worldwide
Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people like us and, of course, would change lives enormously - the lives of gay people and of their friends and of their families and therefore of Australia as a whole.
trying
On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.
life public
Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.
desperate films job
Very, very rare that you do a job knowing that the audience is desperate for you to do that job. Most films you make don't get released, is the fact.
john knights sir
There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.
illegal man time
I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
hope left life stage
I still hope I've got a lot of life left on stage and making films.
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.
guess
If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.