{"author":"Ian Mckellen","author_id":"Ian+Mckellen","total_quotes":20,"quotes":[{"text":"Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came.","author":"Ian Mckellen","tags":["love","life","child "],"id":8320,"author_id":"Ian+Mckellen"},{"text":"The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.","author":"Ian Mckellen","tags":["strength","good","theatre "],"id":17458,"author_id":"Ian+Mckellen"},{"text":"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.","author":"Ian Mckellen","tags":["work","friends","walk "],"id":19100,"author_id":"Ian+Mckellen"},{"text":"I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.","author":"Ian Mckellen","tags":["book","know","play "],"id":19802,"author_id":"Ian+Mckellen"},{"text":"I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them.","author":"Ian Mckellen","tags":["work","up","different "],"id":84869,"author_id":"Ian+Mckellen"},{"text":"I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.","author":"Ian Mckellen","tags":["control","people","problem "],"id":111324,"author_id":"Ian+Mckellen"},{"text":"I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.","author":"Ian Mckellen","tags":["like","would","really "],"id":119100,"author_id":"Ian+Mckellen"},{"text":"I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.","author":"Ian Mckellen","tags":["i am","exercise","you "],"id":126093,"author_id":"Ian+Mckellen"},{"text":"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.","author":"Ian Mckellen","tags":["people","real","you "],"id":168388,"author_id":"Ian+Mckellen"},{"text":"The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.","author":"Ian Mckellen","tags":["romantic","play","you "],"id":208807,"author_id":"Ian+Mckellen"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}