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.
BEN KINGSLEYBut comedy I’d love to do as much as humanly possible.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.
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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.
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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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Equal partners aren’t always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.
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With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It’s a good exercise to do.
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As an actor there’s no autonomy, unless you’re prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
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In cinema, the leading player is the director.
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I’ve never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I’m deeply fortunate.
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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.
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But comedy I’d love to do as much as humanly possible.
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I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it so precious to us and it’s such an extraordinary part of our lives.
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I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.
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I’m very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
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There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There’s never been a trough of my assurance.
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They’re a very strange lot actors, very strange people.
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