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.

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.

To dispense knowledge without moral guidance would be grossly irresponsible.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.

We are not all leaders. We are called leaders.

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

Anytime I'm on the field and my teammates are on the field with me, I just want them to have fun.

You can tell when you have crossed the frontier into Germany because of the badness of the coffee.

The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world.

They shouldn't call death passing on. They should call it leveling up. Because the game only got harder once I lost. And I was more than a little worried it had only just begun.

I have my own way to stay focused. I work out every day. I exercise. I swim. I meditate. I breathe.