Ben Kingsley quotes

There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well. (Ben Kingsley)
Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work. View quote
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Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can't. View quote
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Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder. View quote
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I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language. View quote
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In cinema, the leading player is the director. View quote
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That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere. View quote
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The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that. View quote
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The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head! View quote
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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour. View quote
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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death. (Ben Kingsley)
I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable. View quote
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I don't honestly think people know what acting is. View quote
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I always try to find something I admire about every character I play. View quote
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I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job. View quote
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I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to the irony, and allow the irony to happen. View quote
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It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity. View quote
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I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me. View quote
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I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had. View quote
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As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now. View quote
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I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies. (Ben Kingsley)
One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer. View quote
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The biggest surprise in a man's life is old age. View quote
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I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew. View quote
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I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative. View quote
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