There is a fantasy as old as the modern gay rights movement that if all our skins turned lavender overnight, the majority, confounded by our numbers and our diversity, and recognising a few of our faces, would at once let go of prejudice forevermore. Ian Mckellen confounddiversityface share on social
It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous. Ian Mckellen couplefairgay share on social
I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.' Ian Mckellen bibledisclaimerfiction Change image and share on social
The wonderful thing about modern medicine is that so many of these complaints that used to signify old age and decline can be coped with. Ian Mckellen agecomplaintcope Change image and share on social
I came rather late to film. I've done an awful lot of theater before - before I discovered the camera, you know, seeing everything, requiring much less acting and - and much less presentation, much less projecting, more just being. Ian Mckellen actawfulcamera share on social
I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887 - 1976) lived and painted. Ian Mckellen bringcobbleindustrial Change image and share on social
Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them. Ian Mckellen capitalismenslavefreedom Change image and share on social
Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson would fall for market forces around him rather than artistic integrity doesn't know the guy or the body of his work. Ian Mckellen artisticbodyfall Change image and share on social
There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of them is that I've got better as an actor. I've learnt how to do it. And I still have enough energy to do it. Ian Mckellen absolutelyactorenergy share on social
