The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.
BEN KINGSLEYI think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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I have never felt bereft of anything.
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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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The leaping Jaguar on the bonnet, to me, makes it look more like a hunter than something that is getting away. It’s a hunter. Richard III definitely would have had a chauffeur driven Jaguar MK X.
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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
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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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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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You don’t go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that’s benign conquest. It’s a glorious way of exploring other landscapes and other cultures in a very life-affirming way.
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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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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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