I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
From Ian Mckellen
I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that.
You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth.
If I have any audience, they can know that anything I am in, I would go see, with the expectation of being really satisfied.
Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.
If you've got Mystique as your girlfriend the fun you could have in bed - I've just imagined X-Men 3 might open with me in bed with Patrick Stewart.
You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in.
So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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