I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti), AIDS (fund-raiser) because I don't want to be forever spouting, diluting the impact of addressing my most urgent concern - legal and social equality for gay people worldwide.
Ian MckellenMy reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don't come out at you, but rather you - The audience come into the film.
Ian MckellenI think it's one thing to declare your sexuality, if you care about what that is. It's another thing to start talking in public about what you do in private and who you do it with. It's not that they [my significant others] don't want to be identified as gay, but that they don't want to be identified as ... with me.
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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