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Success in the movies has pushed me to places I didn't know I was allowed to go.
I've always felt that 'X-Men' was about something serious. It wasn't just fantasy.
No one needs to feel sorry for me or anyone else who has fallen victim to success.
I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me.
Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
[There's] nothing special about an actor's imagination, except that he uses it a lot.
All other areas of my life, I'm hopeless. I can't even be certain how to boil an egg.
Television can take anything. It can take the most exaggerated of storytelling forms.
I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.
People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.
The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.
I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.'
On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.
I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out.
How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
When you're on stage with an audience, the director's nowhere to be seen. He's onto the next job.
Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing.
I love the Broadway audiences, who relish live drama and don't hesitate to display their enthusiasm.
Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you're wondering, "Will there be an audience?"
Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth.
The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.
I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true.
If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.
The first film role I deliberately chose to play after I came out was a raging heterosexual, John Profumo.
I'm a latecomer to popular TV. This is rather new to me, being in a sitcom. It's been an ambition of mine.
Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job.
My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don't come out at you, but rather you - The audience come into the film.
I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.
If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.
We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.
Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.
Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
I suspect the base that I'm working from is not particularly one of inquiry, but of memory of what I did last time.
Kids are coming out earlier and earlier - some, as young as twelve now - and schools need to take that into account.
It is so painful watching yourself act, particularly because you can't do anything about it, it's all done and dusted.
People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.
In the old-fashioned sitcoms, to be gay was, in itself, funny, and you laughed at the characters rather than with them.
Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.
When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.
I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887-1976) lived and painted.
I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them.
Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you're gay.