The battle going on over gay marriage in America reveals an awful lot. The Bible belt - people hate gay people. Because the Bible tells them? No, the Bible tells them an awful lot of things that they ignore. - Ian McKellen
The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie. - Ian McKellen
The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears. - Ian McKellen
There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud. - Ian McKellen
There is a fantasy as old as the modern gay rights movement that if all our skins turned lavender overnight, the majority, confounded by our numbers and our diversity, and recognising a few of our faces, would at once let go of prejudice forevermore. - Ian McKellen
What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere. - Ian McKellen
When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You should be so lucky to have a taxi - I walk to work!' So I have lots of young friends, who fortunately don't treat me as a guru, a person that knows all the answers. - Ian McKellen
I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again. - Mel Gibson
It's amazing how powerful a piece of work can be and how it can influence people and change. It's pretty interesting. - Mel Gibson
People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way. - Mel Gibson
What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to heal them if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said. - Mel Gibson
Writing is a hard gig, and it's hard to convey a lot. That's why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten. I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period. - Mel Gibson
I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants. - Elvis Presley
The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them. - Elvis Presley
There are too many people that depend on me. I'm too obligated. I'm in too far to get out. - Elvis Presley
By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening, another 30,000. This does not make sense. - Brad Pitt
I guess I just don't see America as separate from Vietnam or Ethiopia. This mentality of 'our team's better than yours' - it's a high school idea. My kids don't see those dividing lines, and I don't want to either. - Brad Pitt
I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that's very telling. - Brad Pitt
I know when I go outside, there'll be a van or two and they'll probably follow us four out of seven days a week, trying to get something. But I'm just going across town and I know they're just wasting their day, so it doesn't bother me anymore. - Brad Pitt
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