gandalf became you, you begin to gandalf —— became gandalf.and actor. you chose, not so character and actor. you chose, not so long ago, that when you finally leave this mortal coil, your gravestone will simply say, played gandalf, came out. here lies gandalf. yes, that would do, wouldn't it? it is the two sides of my life which have meant a great deal to me. being a famous —— as famous as the actor playing gandalf was bound to be, looking back on it, andi was bound to be, looking back on it, and i don't begrudge it at all, but iam now and i don't begrudge it at all, but i am now in contact with allsorts of people, particularly very young people, particularly very young people all over the world who i could not possibly have known about. they have let me into their lives, to an extent. i visit schools quite a lot to talk about gay issues but i am welcome because it is gandalf. and they give me the time of day, which they probably would not if some old geezer strolled into the classroom. it is a very, very personal, wonderful thing. which i don

and this is gandalf.e to new zealand to check out the country's unmatched beauty, and to get their middle earth fix, and that makes perfect sense. but on this trip, i'm hunting fo

and this is gandalf.le come to new zealand to check out the country's unmatched beauty, and to get their middle earth fix, and that makes perfect sense. but on this trip, i'm hunting for something else, something less obvious.