I’ve met quite a number of people in my career, but I do have an extraordinary memory. And even though they may drift into the periphery of my memory, I can bring them right back when I need them.
BEN KINGSLEYI think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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There are some directors, lesser in confidence or skill, who make the actor feel very uncomfortable because you feel you’re auditioning for them, every day, and that’s a terrible feeling on the set.
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In cinema, the leading player is the director.
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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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There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.
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The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.
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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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The number of choices you make in the event that you see on stage, those choices are sometimes largely determined by the rehearsal process and the experiments that you go through and the choices that you make in the rehearsal room, not in front of an audience.
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You need particular note or rhythm in the symphony to be that minor key, or that sharp key or major chord. In musical terms, I try to hit the right note. But not alter the score of the music, just emphasize the note correctly.
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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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My line-learning is very special. I like to learn the dialogue of the whole film before I arrive.
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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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I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.
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I’m open to any project, but my joyful projects are those through which I can say something and through which I can speak to the an audience of people in the world, and I can be that vehicle through which something can be said, I find that entirely thrilling and joyful.
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Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.
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Sometimes it’s right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.
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