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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.

Ben Kingsley

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.
BEN KINGSLEY

Arms Embrace Villain
I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.
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Acting Children Thinking
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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Allow Crew Filming Good Laughing
The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!
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Acting Camera Doe
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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Musical Term Trying
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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Children Thinking Trying
You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.
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Forgiving Lesson Profound
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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Actors Responsibility Wonderful
There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.
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Able Play Villain
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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Careers Memories Numbers
The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.
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Age Aging Men
There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the presence of a true Mahatma, in the deepest and most profound sense of the word.
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Film Light Profound
It’s Sir Ben. I’ve not been a Mister for two years.
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Hollywood Two Years
When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.
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Acting Film Lazy
But comedy I’d love to do as much as humanly possible.
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Comedy Human Possible
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.
BEN KINGSLEY

Falling Idiot Love Men

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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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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