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.
BEN KINGSLEYI think I’m more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they’re good actors.
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Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
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I have never felt bereft of anything.
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I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.
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I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.
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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.
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I told myself that I would not go back to the camps as an actor ever again, that I was very frightened of wearing a yellow star. It was fear, it was cowardice, I was.
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The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.
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The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.
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I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.
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Family is family over the internet, over Skype, over the telephone. Love is love. You don’t have to actually go through some ritual to prove that you love somebody.
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Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn’t going to work.
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But comedy I’d love to do as much as humanly possible.
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Working in film, if you work with great directors, you learn that after every take you must let go. Sitting with my wife at the Academy Awards, we both let the moment just go.
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I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.
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