A Quote by Nigel Hawthorne

Ian McKellen always said I should come out. But why? I make my living playing heterosexuals.

Nigel Hawthorne

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Nigel Hawthorne
English - Actor
April 5, 1929 - December 26, 2001

The role I played [in theatre] was originated by Ian McKellen in 1979 and he came. I didn't know he was there and I walked out at the end of the play, which is a very intense play - my character is required to do some really horrible things - and the director was waiting backstage and he goes, "Obviously I didn't want to tell you guys, but Ian was here today" and we, of course, freaked out.Ian McKellen said some really beautiful, kind things, one of which was, "It's so much harder to watch than it is to do."

Patrick Heusinger

I met Ian McKellen queueing for returns and he said, 'Are you wearing your tights under your trousers?' and I said, 'How on earth did you guess that?' and he said, 'Because I'm wearing mine.'

Gyles Brandreth

I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are. That's where us gay people come from - you heterosexuals.

Ellen DeGeneres

I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are, that's where us gay people come from... you heterosexuals.

Ellen DeGeneres

It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.

Adam Brown

Ian didn't come. He just sat here with you--he said he didn't care what you looked like. He wouldn't let anyone else put a finger on your tank at all, not even me or Mel. But Doc let me watch this time. It was way cool, Wanda. I don't know why you wouldn't let me watch before. They wouldn't let me help, though. Ian wouldn't let anyone touch you but him.' Ian squeezed my hand and leaned in to whisper through all the hair. His voice was so low that I was the only one who could hear. 'I held you in my hand, Wanderer. And you were so beautiful.

Stephenie Meyer

Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.

Francesca Annis

I think Ian McKellen made it all happen, because he used to throw dinner parties and invite everyone over.

Shawn Ashmore

I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.

Brendan Fraser

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

Luke Evans

Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man.

Brendan Fraser

I love the acting community at Cambridge. It's really quite committed and serious, since the days of Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen right through to Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie.

Tom Hiddleston

When I was 16, walking down Oxford Street, I saw Ian Brown. I said, 'Are you Ian Brown?' He said no and walked off, but I am sure it was him.

Pete Doherty

I make a living out of being pompous! Why should I change?

Nicholas Parsons

I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short of our expectations, and our hearts get broken and out kids do scary things and our parents get old and don’t always remember to put pants on before they go out for a stroll. I don’t know why it’s not more like it is in the movies, why things don’t come out neatly and lessons can’t be learned when you’re in the mood for learning them, why love and grace often come in such motley packaging.

Anne Lamott

I don't know why you'd go to a comedian and say, "You know what? You have a large menu of items, but this one thing I did not like and therefore, you should be shut down. You should cease to make a living and you should be thrown out in the streets."

Brad Williams

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