McKellen said that he found it distressing that American actors still had a hard time when being honest about their sexuality in Hollywood.
Speaking at the International Berlin Film Festival, McKellen was not very hopeful about the impact gay cowboy movie �Brokeback Mountain� may have on Hollywood.
He said: "It is very, very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality and even more difficult for a woman,"
"The film industry is very old-fashioned in California."
"It's very distressing to me that that should be the case.�
The openly gay McKellen was awarded an honorary Golden Bear at the ceremony in Berlin.
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