LOTR Castmember Quotes
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) |
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Speaker |
Topic |
Quote |
| Brad Ring*Con, 11/22/02 |
Ian | I don't think I taught Sir Ian McKellen a thing. He corrected my accent. I was intimated by all these knights, but they were really nice. The hobbits were young - and I'm not! They went to their trailer and suddenly there would be rap music. Sir Ian was constantly apologising on behalf of 'the young people' but I have a 12 year old daughter so I'm used to it" |
| Ian | Coming Out | [Before I came out] You saw a wonderful technician. There was something about [my] acting that was deceptive, deceitful, lying. But then I was a liar. That’s what society had forced me to be. |
| Ian | Fame | You know I’ve had a little taste of fame and it’s fun. My only interest in that fame is that it will make producers believe that it’s all right to have me in their next movie. Of itself, it could be nothing but a nuisance, really, not to be able to go around the world privately. |
| Ian | Gandalf | I see Gandalf as the archetypal wizard. I think in the creation of Gandalf, Tolkien was playing with ideas about wizards from stories and fairy tales throughout time. Gandalf is related to Merlin, and maybe even Prospero, but he also is very much his own man. |
| Ian | Hollywood | Americans love a party don’t they? They love a parade and it’s lovely to join in. I feel I’m an outsider who’s been allowed inside. It’s of course very alluring when your friends turn out to be Tom Hanks and Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. People you don’t normally think of yourself as being an equal of. |
| Ian | Sexuality | I'm Ian McKellen and I fancy Ewan McGregor as well. |
| Ian | Sexuality | I know because the nearest I get to hate mail these days is “How can you play Gandalf, you’re gay and we don’t want a gay man to play Gandalf.” It’s silly and since it came out no one’s made that point because I’m an actor. I kept saying “Shut up, I’m an actor.” |
| Ian | Shakespeare | Shakespeare’s the Himalayas and if you’re gonna be a mountain climber, you’ve got to try and get up there. Shakespeare’s all words, you know what I mean? The pictures are all in the words. |
| Ian | Success | This is one of the most successful films of all time, and I’m in the middle of it. I know, why me? I think because I’m cheaper than other actors of my experience. |
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