That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people- not at all like the Australians.

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.

I always preferred my father's pasta the next day, when he'd put it in a hot oven with heaps of extra cheese. It would emerge slightly burned and very crisp on top.

Where I am, I am because I mind my own business!

Seriously. Dados bounce." Bobby in Raven Rise

If you're more susceptible to interruption, you do more out of the box thinking.

I don't think music is an art any more than cooking food is an art.

When we think of the past, we forget the fools and remember the sage. We reverse the process for our own time.

To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!

I want to write. I have always wanted to write. I do not care it I am not good at it. I just want to try.

You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.

God put in man thought; society, action; nature, revery.