“The demographic of our audience is young. It also contains a high proportion of black, Jewish and gay people, who have all been encouraged by society to think of themselves as oddities or mutants. I hope that's why X-Men chimes with them - it's certainly why I was attracted to the idea in the first place.” PeopleThinkingMenFirstsIdeasYoungBlackAudienceGayProportionGay PeopleDemographicsX MenMutantsChimesOddities Author:Ian Mckellen
“I'm dead against the idea that you should try to "cure" people of being gay.” PeopleShouldTryingIdeasGayCuresBeing Gay Author:Ian Mckellen
“I think if I were asked to do as many as fifty takes, I would assume the director had no idea what he wanted, and was just hoping, eventually, to see it.” IfsThinkingIdeasWantedDirectorsAssumingNo IdeaFifty Author:Ian Mckellen
“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.” KnowsWantIdeasProblemMightWould BeActorsDirectorsNo IdeaWant U Author:Ian Mckellen
“Before acting, I wanted to become a journalist. I also toyed with the idea of being a chef - but that's only when people asked me what I wanted to be. In fact, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I didn't ever believe that I was good enough to be come one.” PeopleBelieveIdeasEnoughFactsWantedUsedActorsActingJournalistGood EnoughChef Author:Ian Mckellen
