Top 187 Quotes by Ian Mckellen

I got intrigued by working in small theatres.

I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'

How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.

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 fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.

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.

I don't really like being with people my own age for long periods, because all we talk about is our decrepitude, how the world is changing for the worse even though it isn't.

I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.

Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.

It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.