TCM - Ian McKellen on different cultural performances

[cjwright79]

He should keep that beard to play Gandalf.

[Wierdoinc]

He has a superb voice

[PeterMayer]

Standards of fame have droped significantly? Really?

[WeaslysWizardWeezes]

SANTA!!!!!!!!!

[Fagottron]

A good watch. Very intriguing. I very much like the sense of real-time the editors have preserved here.

That set is terrible, though.

[nefertum]

he is amazing! I'd love to chat with him, he is so smart!

[PeterMayer]

We have a tendency in the country to propell stars rather than actors. And we have great actors. But the British will propell good actors. Billy Joel said it best. Stars are big, hot balls of gas.

[xpo50]

Exactly, only in America can Paris hilton get any actual attention

Lordy lou, I dont care about what she will do, i want to know what she has done

[PeterMayer]

You mean like The Spice Girls (British)? It ain't only America pal and the world is lapping her shit up.

[xpo50]

the spice girls have a singing career, whether you like them or not is a different issue, but at least theya re doing something. if all it takes to be famous is to go to night clubs and do stupid things, and be hideously ugly then the standards of fame have dropped significantly

[drcoxcentral]

I keep asking myself for years and I don't think I've ever gotten a plausible answer.