The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.
BEN KINGSLEYAs an actor there’s no autonomy, unless you’re prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
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They’re a very strange lot actors, very strange people.
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I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.
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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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I’m very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
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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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The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.
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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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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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In cinema, the leading player is the director.
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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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There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.
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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 have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.
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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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I think that most actors, and they’re a very strange lot actors, very strange people, but I think that they attempt to keep in touch with the child.
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