Ian Mckellen
Ian Mckellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBEis an English actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BIF Award, two Saturn Awards, four Drama Desk Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards. He has also received two Academy Award nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 May 1939
CityBurnley, England
john knights sir
There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.
allowed extremely later leading movies parts popular situation time worry
To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.
writing people trying
I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things.
honesty lying people
Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the best policy.
gay worry battle
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.
night house theatre
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.
taken hard-work gay
I've had enough of being a gay icon! I've had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came out, I keep getting all these parts, and my career's taken off. I want a quiet life. I'm going back into the closet. But I can't get back into the closet, because it's absolutely jam-packed full of other actors.
sex earth middle
There's no sex in Middle Earth.
gay ideas people
I'm dead against the idea that you should try to "cure" people of being gay.
old-friends unseen architecture
Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.
real acting way
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.
atheist gay punishment
I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti), AIDS (fund-raiser) because I don't want to be forever spouting, diluting the impact of addressing my most urgent concern - legal and social equality for gay people worldwide.
real people atmosphere
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.
gay thug giving
Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.