[on turning down the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)] Yeah, well, I never understood it. I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don`t understand it.
Sean Connery
I am encouraged by the theatricality of [J.R.R. Tolkien`s] readings - full of rhythm and humor and characterization. Without question Gandalf is like Tolkien but then so, I suspected, are Frodo and Aragorn.
Ian McKellen
[12/5/03, about the cheering fans outside the InterContinentel Hotel, where he was staying in Wellington, New Zealand:] It`s like several Christmases all come at once. They all love Gandalf, but I`m like Father Christmas in the shop. I`m not the real one.
Ian McKellen
PIPPIN: I didn`t think it would end this way. GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn`t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. PIPPIN...
Andrew von Eschenbach
[on turning down the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)] Yeah, well, I never understood it. I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don`t understand it.
Sean Connery
