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I think New York audiences ar...

I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

Godot is whatever it is in li...

Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

I don't make any distinction ...

I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

If I have any audience, they ...

If I have any audience, they can know that anything I am in, I would go see, with the expectation of being really satisfied.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

Before I ever acted as an ama...

Before I ever acted as an amateur - which I did a great deal at school and at university - I used to go to the theater with my parents in the north of England, where I was born and brought up... Theater of all sorts.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

Gandalf is in Middle-earth to...

Gandalf is in Middle-earth to keep an eye on everybody, and that can be a rather serious matter.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

One school invited me down, a...

One school invited me down, as two pupils had come out, and the headmaster didn't know what to do about it. I said, 'How many students here are gay?' and he said, 'Just these two.' Clearly not. 'How many gay members of staff have you got?' He had no idea. And this was a concerned man.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

There are a lot of actors - I...

There are a lot of actors - I'm probably one - who are most at home when they're on stage.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

Bill Gallagher's new version ...

Bill Gallagher's new version of 'The Prisoner' is an enthralling commentary on modern culture. It is witty, intelligent and disturbing. I am very excited to be involved.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

It's an interesting but usele...

It's an interesting but useless bit of information that every single character in 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' wears a wig, and many of them wears a prosthetic - false ears, feet, hands. In my case, nose.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

Anyone who thinks Peter Jacks...

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 112 quotes

If we just made one movie, 'T...

If we just made one movie, 'The Hobbit,' the fact is that all the fans, the eight-, nine- and 10-year-old boys, they would watch it 1,000 times. Now, they've got three films they can watch 1,000 times.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

There are not many things in ...

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 112 quotes

There are some tremendous act...

There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like Laurence Olivier. So it's very flattering to be in their company. But you also end up in the company of people you don't admire, including some rather dodgy politicians.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

I have little routines in the...

I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on makeup and a costume, I have to invariably do it in the same order every time, even if I only did it by chance the first time round.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

The whole atmosphere of the b...

The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person by Tolkien, who is introducing young people to the notion of Middle-earth. A lot of it is very light-hearted.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

I'm the sort of person who do...

I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

It's easier to go from theatr...

It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

I love musicals; I love the b...

I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

I always walk up the escalato...

I always walk up the escalator on the Tube, and I live in a house with a lot of stairs, and that's good exercise, but you need more than that.

Ian McKellen 112 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....