10 inspirational ian mckellen quotes on success

I often thought my gravestone would say, ‘Here lies Gandalf. He came out,’
I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.
I’m dead against the idea that you should try to “cure” people of being 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.
To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential.
Actors are merely the medium through which a story happens.
You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.
Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I’ve ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn’t even realized I was carrying.
In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn’t in the house last night, the designer wasn’t there, the author’s dead. It’s just us and the audience.
We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It’s much more difficult.