Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.
Ian MckellenI think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.'
Ian MckellenGodot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came.
Ian MckellenActing 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.
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