Top 187 Quotes by Ian Mckellen

About Ian Mckellen

These are some quotes by English author Ian Mckellen Actor, who was born on May 25, 1939.

Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that.

Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that.

Ian Mckellen

'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.

'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.

Ian Mckellen

I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.

I'm only an actor. I'm not a writer. I'm not going to leave any legacy. All I've ever done is learn the lines and say them.

Ian Mckellen

It is really, really wonderful that in your old age you are protected by specialists who understand your problems and sort them out for you. Well, isn't that what we all need?

It is really, really wonderful that in your old age you are protected by specialists who understand your problems and sort them out for you. Well, isn't that what we all need?

Ian Mckellen

To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.

To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.

Ian Mckellen

When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You should be so lucky to have a taxi - I walk to work!' So I have lots of young friends, who fortunately don't treat me as a guru, a person that knows all the answers.

Ian Mckellen

Fame creeps up on you.

Fame creeps up on you.

Ian Mckellen

Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.

Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.

Ian Mckellen

I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.

I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.

Ian Mckellen

I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.

I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.

Ian Mckellen

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