Zitate und Sprüche von Ian Mckellen

Bis ich mich geoutet habe, ging es in der Schauspielerei für mich immer darum, sich zu verstecken. Danach ging es darum, die Wahrheit zu zeigen.

Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth.

Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people like us and, of course, would change lives enormously - the lives of gay people and of their friends and of their families and therefore of Australia as a whole.

Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.

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.

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.