When you were on stage, you ...

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.
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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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
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 Dave East
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
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It may be my rather puritanical upbringing at odds with my inborn laziness that makes me feel guilty at the end of the day, unless I am able to point at some achievement. But this need be no more impressive than cooking a meal or going for a long walk.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
 Ian Mckellen
Kids are coming out earlier and earlier - some, as young as twelve now - and schools need to take that into account.
 Ian Mckellen
I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for an audience. The more the merrier. 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
My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out.
 Ian Mckellen