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It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.

'The Da Vinci Code' is the most popular book of our times.

I'm an eccentric English actor, and there's a lot of us around.

If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.

I owe a great deal to Harold Hobson, doyen drama critic of the 'U.K. Sunday Times,' who championed me as Shakespeare's Richard II at the 1969 Edinburgh Festival.

From Ian Mckellen

I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.

From Ian Mckellen