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.
BEN KINGSLEYI 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.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.
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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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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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There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.
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I do believe female directors, as well as our female writer, can bring out male vulnerability that some men can’t because they can’t face it.
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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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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
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We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they’re good actors.
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Working in film, if you work with great directors, you learn that after every take you must let go. Sitting with my wife at the Academy Awards, we both let the moment just go.
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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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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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As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I’d still be alive by now.
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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’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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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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