Ian McKellen making with the funny

[truepenny]

[Ed. because tzikeh's right: M-C-K-E-L-L-E-N.]

I'm trolling the net for this quote I used in yesterday's meme:

You can play with your Magneto figure and your Gandalf figure, and they can fight each other. Or you can have them love each other.

[Personal to pameladean: My grail-questing here is NOT your fault, and anyway I'm having fun.]

ETA: renenet found it! All shall love her and NOT despair! It's the last paragraph of this interview, so check that puppy out.

So far, no joy, but I did find this on the IMDb's biography page:

I've had enough of being a gay icon! I've had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came out, I keep getting all these parts, and my career's taken off. I want a quiet life. I'm going back into the closet. But I can't get back into the closet, because it's absolutely jam-packed full of other actors.

And somehow, I just had to share.

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[poisoninjest.livejournal.com]

I'm going back into the closet. But I can't get back into the closet, because it's absolutely jam-packed full of other actors.

::giggle::

What a great mental image. :o)

[pameladean]

Thanks for the reassurance. 8-) I am sure we both understand what it is to be citation-mad.

Pamela

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

And sadly, that quote seems to have vanished from the 'net. :(

I know I read it, rather than hearing/seeing it in an interview, and I still believe it was on his website. But Google and I cannot find it.

Now I'm just incredibly glad I wrote it down when I did.

[renenet.livejournal.com]

I was thinking it might be from an appearance on Letterman, but that may have been just a conversation about the shocking things his boyfriend has done with the Gandalf figure. So see the end of this Washington Blade interview (http://www.washblade.com/point/020104a.htm).

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

You rock like a rocking thing, and my memory is treacherous as always. Clearly NOT from his website. My new theory is that it was linked to from TORn.

Thank you!

Found!

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

renenet has found the quote, here (http://www.washblade.com/point/020104a.htm). Last paragraph. It's a nice interview on its own merits anyway.

[renenet.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. And the Galadriel reference? Has a put a huge grin on my face. Thank you!