I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I’m waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.
BEN KINGSLEYJohn Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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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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I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don’t understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things.
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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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I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.
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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 have never felt bereft of anything.
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In England, it’s now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It’s not even on my passport anymore. They’ve taken Mister away from me.
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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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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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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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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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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 don’t honestly think people know what acting is.
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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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