My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out.

Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.

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

Acting 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.

To know you are in the company with people who love and care for each other, as well as for whatever they are working on, is almost essential.

I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction.

You can always pick out stage actors at the Oscars: they know how to walk.

We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

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

She's not like other girls because she's different. I want her kind of different.

People will remember you better if you always wear the same outfit.

Men don't need linguistic talent; they just need courage and words.

What is deeper is warmer. When you’re looking for what is deeper, add warmth.

I’m living in separate universes, and I have no idea where I actually belong.

We all seek comfort, and I don't pretend to want to live in squalor.

When loneliness comes stalking, go into the fields, consider the orderliness of the world.

Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.

Man believes in the possible, but God believes in the impossible.

It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in want of money. It is clear, they have not value for what they spend.