Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
BEN KINGSLEYIt’s Sir Ben. I’ve not been a Mister for two years.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I would absolutely embrace with all five of my arms being a Bond villain.
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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
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But filming is good for you, because the crew isn’t allowed to laugh. You can’t get addicted to getting the laugh.
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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.
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Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.
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If the director wishes to print it, then you have a series of choices, maybe millions of choices within that minute-and-a-half, or 80 seconds, or 2 minutes or however long or short the take is, you have all those choices committed to celluloid. I find that absolutely thrilling.
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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.
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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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Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
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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.
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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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You want to know what I want? I’ll tell you what I want. I want back what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared.
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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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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 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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