Ian Mckellen Parts Quotations

I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.

We're very lucky, men, that there are these fabulous parts. Women - once you've done all the parts in Shakespeare, they start running out. So you can pick and choose and find something to energise you.

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.