If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
BEN KINGSLEYI’m very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.
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As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I’d still be alive by now.
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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
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In order to inhabit a villain, you mustn’t care what the audience think of you. That’s not why you are there. You mustn’t care for a second whether the audience likes you or dislikes you. Your villain has to be way beyond that.
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The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
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I didn’t go to drama school because, from the first refusal I then, as I said, a couple of weeks later, was offered a professional job, where I am immensely grateful to the journey.
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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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In cinema, the leading player is the director.
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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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The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.
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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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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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When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.
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I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.
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