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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
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I can't take on all the worries of the world, you know. I can only talk about being gay and being an actor. I'll have to leave those other battles to somebody else. - Ian Mckellen
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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
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I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really. - Ian Mckellen
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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. - Ian Mckellen
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When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing. - Ian Mckellen
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#Yourself
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
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'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it. - Ian Mckellen
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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
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'Lord of the Rings' was about saving the world, big time, big duties. - Ian Mckellen
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That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people- not at all like the Australians. - Ian Mckellen
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When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality. - Ian Mckellen
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#Constitution
#Illegal
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There are some fantastic parts for older actors. - Ian Mckellen
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In the U.K. there is still work to be done, particularly in schools, stopping the homophobic bullies in the playground and introducing unbiased discussion on gay issues in the classroom. - Ian Mckellen
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#Playground
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I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.' - Ian Mckellen
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I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should. - Ian Mckellen
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#I Am
#Temptation
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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. - Ian Mckellen
#Character
#Experience
#Own
#Personality
How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play. - Ian Mckellen
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#Person
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Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it. - Ian Mckellen
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#Life
#Live
#Understand
#World
Tolkien is as good as Dickens at sketching a scene. - Ian Mckellen
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I increasingly see organized religion as actually my enemy. They treat me as their enemy. Not all Christians, of course. Not all Jews, not all Muslims. - Ian Mckellen
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#Me
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it. - Ian Mckellen
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#Monitoring
#No Problem
#People
Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful. - Ian Mckellen
#Architecture
#Go
#Life
#Love
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When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing. - Ian Mckellen
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