It Is So Painful Watching Yourself Act,

I Headed Out To Have A Breather At The Stage Door, Dressed In My Tramp Costume. I Had My Bowler Hat Between My Feet And There Were Passers-by, And One Of Them Turned Back And Said, 'do You Need Help, Brother?' And $1 Fell Into My Hat!

I Am Going Around British Secondary Schools, As A Gay Man Talking About My Life, And Encouraging Schools To Get Rid Of Homophobic Bullying And To Care For Their Gay Members Of Staff And Their Gay Students.

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.

There Are Directors, And I Think This Is True Of All Directors, It Would Be True If I Was A Director - If The Actor Didn't Want To Do What I Was Suggesting, I Would Let Him Do It His Way, And Then I Would Say To Him, "just Give Me One Where You Do What The Director Wants", And That, Of Course, Is The Take That's Used.

Journalists Often Ask Me: "aren't You Sorry That After All The Work You've Done, You're Best Known As Magneto And Gandalf?" But That's What I've Always Wanted - Not To Be Known As Myself. I Want To Draw Attention To The Characters.