Ian McKellan discusses Robert Pattinson with the Yorkshire Post

Good evening from Jakarta, Twilighters! Sir Ian McKellan was interviewed by Yorkshire Post and he mentioned abt RPatzz as posted on ThinkingOfRob. Happy reading.. -Liana- (via @ThinkingOfRob)

Sir Ian McKel­lan recently spoke with the York­shire Post:
‘For him, retire­ment holds no appeal.
He says: “I think I’ve never got over the fact that I’m allowed to act at all.
“If the phone rings and there’s a job offer, it’s a won­der­ful act of faith that someone’s had in you. Peo­ple only retire because they’re bored with their job and can’t wait to give it up. The only thing I dread about the job and the future is not hav­ing the energy to do it.”
In an age where peo­ple with lit­tle or no train­ing can climb on a stage with the goal of “becom­ing famous” cour­tesy of shows like The X-Factor, Sir Ian remains a vocal advo­cate of stage craft.
“If I’d made the equiv­a­lent of Lord of the Rings when I was 24 then I don’t know what I would have done. Robert Pat­tin­son, the young man who’s in Twi­light, he’s a huge star, but now it must be a worry for him about what he’s going to do next,” says Sir Ian.
“You can’t keep at that level. For me, at 24, the ques­tion of what was next was very easy – I was going to do my next the­atre role and I was going to get better.

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