A Few Years Ago, A Friend Said

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.

I've Had Enough Of Being A Gay Icon! I've Had Enough Of All This Hard Work, Because, Since I Came Out, I Keep Getting All These Parts, And My Career's Taken Off. I Want A Quiet Life. I'm Going Back Into The Closet. But I Can't Get Back Into The Closet, Because It's Absolutely Jam-packed Full Of Other Actors.

There Are Not Many Things In My Life I Can Be Absolutely Proud Of Or Certain I Got Right, But One Of Them Is That I've Got Better As An Actor. I've Learnt How To Do It. And I Still Have Enough Energy To Do It.

Journalists Often Ask Me: "aren't You Sorry That After All The Work You've Done, You're Best Known As Magneto And Gandalf?" But That's What I've Always Wanted - Not To Be Known As Myself. I Want To Draw Attention To The Characters.

Most Of The Time When You Do A Job, A Play Or A Film, You're Wondering, "will There Be An Audience?"