Craig does one of the best interviews of anyone in late night TV...maybe all of TV period!

Damn, wish this interview was much longer, I feel they both wanted to talk longer. Great guy, Ian.

Gandalf and the Seventh Doctor...I'm smiling so wide right now.

He's such a cool guy and an amazing actor. He's one of those people you can look at and see not their age but the wisdom they've gained through experience over the years.

how the hell did i get here from metallica?strange man this youtube

Such a wonderfull man. So full of life and humble, yet very humorous.

And he freakin Riverdanced! Watching Ian McKellen Riverdancing with Craig Ferguson?!?! Thats got to be some new level of pure awesome...

Sir Ian McKellen hath swag.

My god, that clip had Gandalf and Dr. Who in it!!! Best clip ever.

HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS EVER EXISTED???????? Two of my favourite people, my inspirations, my men, in one room actually talking to each other?? *faints*

The clip! Gandalf and Radagast? McKellen and McCoy? Am I right?

This might be a weird explanation but he looks like a Christopher nolan version of Santa claus.

and finally i saw Sir Ian Mckellen with a REAL beard !!!

as a fan of TLLS, and DW, I did NOT expect to see the Doctor there!

I kept expecting him in the clip to shout "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!"

Aww, love ian mckellen :-)

thank you for this old school gold!!!

Having Sylverster McCoy in that clip made this video even better.

man , this guy is magneto , and gandalf , how can you be more épic ? !

Damn! Sir Ian's got some style! Look at those threads.

I love this man

they are both very well educated people and i think really enjoyed talking about the war and such

Ah, I see Sylvester Mcoy was co-starring in that clip with Ian. It will be nice to see them working together in "The Hobbit"- Mcoy is playing Radagast the Brown

FYI - in the recent Doctor Who Christmas special (2012) "The Snowmen"--> Sir Ian Mckellen plays the voice of the Great Intelligence in that episode. Don't believe me, check it out yourself.

If you have never watched his interview on Inside the Actor's Studio - or seen "Gods and Monsters" - do it. Now. :)

HOLY SHIT XD did Ian take a shot at Sir Alec Guinnes XD

YOU! SHALL NOT! PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHSS!

To sir Ian, I love your style. Red Crocs and a Sir.

He is so fucking cool!!

gandalf and the doctor in one play

haha I wasn't really paying attention, then all of a sudden, I hear Sylvester McCoy!

0:55 what is the name of the piece ??? can i see it on youtube !! just give me the name of it please !!

Ian McKellen is a boss.

It's very natural, demonstrated by the fact that it is observed in all animal species !

Milking America for all it's glory Ian. Just brilliant!

he looked like donald sutherland

Yeah an hour of that would ahve been pleasant

He's also an Atheist. Although he did mention God once, which made me confused, he is still an Atheist.

DOCTOR WHO AND GANDALF! XD He says it himself. :) Aw yeah, he's awesome! :)

Yes I know and that's what I ment. James Lipton is Honorary "Sir" in France, also. But to be called Sir you'd have to be British.

McKellen = Gandalf

Gandalf & Radagast! =D

Sirina LOL

Thanks that was very helpful although I've seen interview with Prince Charles and they kept calling him just Sir not Sir Charles or anything else. You can't get more Sir than him but I guess it's a very different thing cause he's real royal. Are Dames addressed as Dame or Ma'am without their first name? I'd guess that it'd be "Your car is here Dame Helen (Mirren)." Or is it?

And Ian McKellen is pretty cool, too! *badummtss* =D

RADAGAST AND GANDALF IN A PLAY

Did I see the 7th Doctor??

I want him to be The Doctor. Not the 12th Doctor, but the Doctor that "borrows" a blue box and ran away from Gallifrey with his granddaughter. That Doctor.

what in the world is with the set? And Ian's shoes lol? He's so awesome

GANDALF AND RADAGAST!

how the hell did you not know that....really...Really....REALLY..

Jesus, those shoes....

his socks are so red i can't tell whether they are really socks or shoes

Craig was right about L.A. not necessarily being kind to actors, or gays either. If you're a highly acclaimed actor whom everyone wants to hire for their show or movie (e.g., Sir Ian McKellen), they're extremely kind (even obsequious) and broadminded. If you're Charlie the Unknown Actor and/or Gay Person, then society in general is cold and even punitive; they act like a flock of chickens: if they see even a speck of blood, they'll peck you to death.

first time i saw gandalf wearing jeans lol

MAGNETO FOR PRESIDENT

lol about the singapore thing, im singaporean and it sucks balls that thats still the law here but its not as dictatory as it sounds, people make waay too big of an issue out of the chewing gum thing and go on to assume that spore is some kind of military state based on that one pithy issue, there Are thriving gay bars/community here and i can definitely say that all of my friends and family would have found his morning show story honkingly funny and been like 'Good on him!', even the christians

Vocal, certainly, but there plenty of rights movements before he came along.

Sylvester McCoy, to boot! (In the clip, I mean)

You shall not paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassss......

Did anyone else think it was Morgan Freeman in the thumbnail?

Notlob !!!!

Davis brot me hee

u shall not pass

Not so sure about that. He transforms himself into other people on a regular basis . . .

That's great! It's ridiculous that if someone isn't being a insecure gay bashing facist bigot, it's shocking and surprising. It's freaking 2012, it should be considered NORMAL behaviour to support HUMAN rights. When was the very first time someone stood up for human rights? Like the 60's (the hippies) and yet, still decades later it is still being debated on whether it's right or wrong to let people live the way they want. Glad to see there's some people with sense on KZfaq aswell :)

And you have to British. Or French, they have their own knighthood system.

Ian McKellen is GAY???!!!! (nothing against that to make sure I don't confuse anyone, I just never knew that)

wow, do you ever need to read up on biology. There is a reason homosexuality occurs.

How is it (logically) clear that homosexuality is not a function of the natural world? This is not self-evident and needs to be explained.

Ye hes gay, and someone told me hes a wizard or something too....part time

But isn't Sir a good and/or correct way (in English) to address an older or somehow superior man to show respect to him. So you could use it more often than needed just to make sure. Of course the military is a totally different thing. But once in the military I was put in a position where I was to be addressed as "Sir" although my rank didn't require it. I couldn't even hold my poker face. I thought it was just silly to be called that.

I love how people that never had any advanced science class always try to sound intelligent by spouting out nonsense

Sir Ian is not really a wizard.