It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.
BEN KINGSLEYWe are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they’re good actors.
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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I’m very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
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I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.
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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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I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.
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But comedy I’d love to do as much as humanly possible.
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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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If you are a libertine, if you’re not given to long-term faithful relationships, you tend to project your behavior onto everyone else. It’s like the person who knows they’re not trustworthy; they tend to mistrust everyone else.
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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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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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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
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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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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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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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John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.
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