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Ian Mckellen Quote: “I’m cheaper than Anthony Hopkins.”

51. “I’m cheaper than Anthony Hopkins.”

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Ian Mckellen Quote: “As for the clarity of the 48 frames, I’ve heard people say that it looks odd, it’s too demanding, there’s too much information, you don’t know where to look.”

52. “As for the clarity of the 48 frames, I’ve heard people say that it looks odd, it’s too demanding, there’s too much information, you don’t know where to look.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you’re opening and cares about you. There’s a real village atmosphere.”

53. “What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you’re opening and cares about you. There’s a real village atmosphere.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality. And even more difficult for a woman if she’s lesbian. It’s very distressing to me that that should be the case. The film industry is very old fashioned in California.”

54. “It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality. And even more difficult for a woman if she’s lesbian. It’s very distressing to me that that should be the case. The film industry is very old fashioned in California.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “I don’t make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare – in fact, unless you’re a good comedian, you’re never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.”

55. “I don’t make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare – in fact, unless you’re a good comedian, you’re never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “In fact, my face has shrunk in the meantime, but it won’t be particularly noticeable because it’s covered up with hair. So I hope I’m not alarmed if I ever do sit through the five movies.”

56. “In fact, my face has shrunk in the meantime, but it won’t be particularly noticeable because it’s covered up with hair. So I hope I’m not alarmed if I ever do sit through the five movies.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “My memory of 3D movies is Fernando Lamas in a swashbuckling movie. And I suppose it had been the fifties, in which swords came out at you, bullets came out at you, things were thrown into the auditorium, apparently. All that sort of cheap, “Oh, look at us, we’ve got 3D” isn’t in the film.”

57. “My memory of 3D movies is Fernando Lamas in a swashbuckling movie. And I suppose it had been the fifties, in which swords came out at you, bullets came out at you, things were thrown into the auditorium, apparently. All that sort of cheap, “Oh, look at us, we’ve got 3D” isn’t in the film.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “Actors are merely the medium through which a story happens.”

58. “Actors are merely the medium through which a story happens.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don’t come out at you, but rather you – The audience come into the film.”

59. “My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don’t come out at you, but rather you – The audience come into the film.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “It’s a joy to be up close to Derek Jacobi’s work. Alas, we haven’t worked very much, over the years, since we were at university together, but I don’t think I’ve missed many of his great shows and performances.”

60. “It’s a joy to be up close to Derek Jacobi’s work. Alas, we haven’t worked very much, over the years, since we were at university together, but I don’t think I’ve missed many of his great shows and performances.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true.”

61. “The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “I suspect the base that I’m working from is not particularly one of inquiry, but of memory of what I did last time.”

62. “I suspect the base that I’m working from is not particularly one of inquiry, but of memory of what I did last time.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.”

63. “You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you’re wondering, “Will there be an audience?””

64. “Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you’re wondering, “Will there be an audience?””

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “I think I’m a bit gruffer than I used to be, and I’m certainly older.”

65. “I think I’m a bit gruffer than I used to be, and I’m certainly older.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “I’m a latecomer to popular TV. This is rather new to me, being in a sitcom. It’s been an ambition of mine.”

66. “I’m a latecomer to popular TV. This is rather new to me, being in a sitcom. It’s been an ambition of mine.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look, because they haven’t had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.”

67. “The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look, because they haven’t had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “Kids are coming out earlier and earlier – some, as young as twelve now – and schools need to take that into account.”

68. “Kids are coming out earlier and earlier – some, as young as twelve now – and schools need to take that into account.”

— Ian Mckellen

Ian Mckellen Quote: “Elijah looks angelic but his beauty of spirit is what makes his Frodo leap out of the screen. Unalloyed goodness is one of the most difficult attributes to act.”

69. “Elijah looks angelic but his beauty of spirit is what makes his Frodo leap out of the screen. Unalloyed goodness is one of the most difficult attributes to act.”

— Ian Mckellen

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