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.
BEN KINGSLEYFilming 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.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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One of the greatest things drama can do, at it’s best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.
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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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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 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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The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.
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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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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 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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It’s Sir Ben. I’ve not been a Mister for two years.
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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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I’m very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
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I’ve never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I’m deeply fortunate.
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As an actor there’s no autonomy, unless you’re prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
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Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
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I’m open to any project, but my joyful projects are those through which I can say something and through which I can speak to the an audience of people in the world, and I can be that vehicle through which something can be said, I find that entirely thrilling and joyful.
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