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The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.

Ben Kingsley

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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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  If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

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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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  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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  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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  Sometimes it’s right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.

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  I’m convinced that had I not changed my name, I don’t think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.

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  Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It’s harder.

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  I’m so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I’m very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reaction gives.

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  I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That’s how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other.

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  Shock is shock. Your body goes into shock, regardless of it being real blood or fake blood. The mind sends powerful messages to all the various glands and secretions in the body. It’s impossible trying to act it; it just happens. It’s a very important question: no acting.

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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 many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

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  I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.

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  I don’t honestly think people know what acting is.

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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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