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

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.

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.

In fact, my face has shrunk in the meantime, but it won't be particularly noticeable because it's covered up with hair. So I hope I'm not alarmed if I ever do sit through the five movies.

For our generation walks as in Hades, without the divine.

No one should have to go back to the place where she had once been a girl.

if human justice is to supplement Nature's provisions, all family duties must be shared equitably, in person or by proxy.

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.

I'm not afraid to say I'm very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

I think it's always good for a band to try and grow.

Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal

Singing is my life. And when I can do that, that's when I'm free. That's when I'm at my happiest, I'm at my most.

To revive sorrow is cruel.