Sir Ian Mckellen

"I was offered one-and-a-half million dollars to marry a very famous couple in California, which I would perhaps have considered doing, but I had to go dressed as Gandalf. So I said, 'I am sorry, Gandalf doesn't do weddings'," said Ian McKellen

"The right medium to discover Shakespeare's true genius is through theatre with the right actors, the right director (the way it is meant to be), as theatre, film and cinema are the best media to experience him"

"I was 49 when I came out and it wasn't difficult because I was established as an actor and I was confident. To say it in public was a great relief and everything changed for the better. Be it your relationship, people around you or friends. My acting got better. I did not have to fake things," said Sir Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen is in the country as a part of Shakespeare Lives on Film, a global programme to celebrate the Bard's works and his influence on culture, education and society, coinciding with his 400th death anniversary

Sir Ian McKellen visited Mumbai and had a discussion with Aamir Khan about everything from Shakespeare to being homosexual

Director Peter Jackson is taking us back to Middle Earth in The Hobbit and Sir Ian McKellen is all set to play wizard Gandalf once again.

"I was offered one-and-a-half million dollars to marry a very famous couple in California, which I would perhaps have considered doing, but I had to go dressed as Gandalf. So I said, 'I am sorry, Gandalf doesn't do weddings'," said Ian McKellen

"The right medium to discover Shakespeare's true genius is through theatre with the right actors, the right director (the way it is meant to be), as theatre, film and cinema are the best media to experience him"

"I was 49 when I came out and it wasn't difficult because I was established as an actor and I was confident. To say it in public was a great relief and everything changed for the better. Be it your relationship, people around you or friends. My acting got better. I did not have to fake things," said Sir Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen is in the country as a part of Shakespeare Lives on Film, a global programme to celebrate the Bard's works and his influence on culture, education and society, coinciding with his 400th death anniversary

Sir Ian McKellen visited Mumbai and had a discussion with Aamir Khan about everything from Shakespeare to being homosexual

Director Peter Jackson is taking us back to Middle Earth in The Hobbit and Sir Ian McKellen is all set to play wizard Gandalf once again.