Ever since the invention of the camera, people have been trying to create 3D, because we see things in 3D, and everyone's aware that the camera doesn't.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.

The performance is created by the director. The actor is the material. And I think that has to be true.

I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'

All other areas of my life, I'm hopeless. I can't even be certain how to boil an egg.

When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing.