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When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.

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The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.

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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.

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There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like Laurence Olivier. So it's very flattering to be in their company.

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If you've been in a film that's seen by millions and millions and millions of people, you're more likely to be recognized for that than for your theater performances, which were seen by considerably less people. Why would I get upset by that?

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There are people who've enjoyed my work in the theater, and they let me know that it was special for them. I'm not going to say, 'Well, you should have seen me as Gandalf!'

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I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out.

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I have heard of people dying from prostate cancer, and they are the unlucky ones, the people who didn't know they had got it, and it went on the rampage.

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Because I was in the business of translating the 'X-Men' from the very successful comics, and taking the most popular book of the 20th century in 'The Lord of the Rings,' and making it into three movies, I hope people realize I wouldn't get involved in anything I didn't think was really going to be worth their while.

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To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: May 25th, 1939

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