If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy.

You would be surprised how many directors don't know what they want. They might not know what they want until they see it, they might know what they want but no idea how to get it out of the actor, then you've both got a problem.

Most of the time when you do a job, a play or a film, you're wondering, "Will there be an audience?"

It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality. And even more difficult for a woman if she's lesbian. It`s very distressing to me that that should be the case. The film industry is very old fashioned in California.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

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

That's the imagination that happens in the theater. That imagination is translated in film by the film magicians and all the technology.