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.
BEN KINGSLEYThe camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.
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You need particular note or rhythm in the symphony to be that minor key, or that sharp key or major chord. In musical terms, I try to hit the right note. But not alter the score of the music, just emphasize the note correctly.
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You don’t go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that’s benign conquest. It’s a glorious way of exploring other landscapes and other cultures in a very life-affirming way.
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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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I don’t honestly think people know what acting is.
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I don’t want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on completely uninterrupted while the other actors tiptoe away.
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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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I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy… It’s a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to the irony, and allow the irony to happen.
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I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.
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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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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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Sometimes it’s right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.
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The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!
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It’s Sir Ben. I’ve not been a Mister for two years.
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Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.
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