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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.

Ben Kingsley

I’m very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
BEN KINGSLEY

Acting Cameras Love
There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.
BEN KINGSLEY

Able Play Villain
There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There’s never been a trough of my assurance.
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Assurance Regard Trough
Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
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Act Acting Magic Movie
I think I’m more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.
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Destiny Stories Thinking
I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I would absolutely embrace with all five of my arms being a Bond villain.
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Arms Embrace Villain
There are some directors, lesser in confidence or skill, who make the actor feel very uncomfortable because you feel you’re auditioning for them, every day, and that’s a terrible feeling on the set.
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Director Feelings Skills
I don’t honestly think people know what acting is.
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Acting People Thinking
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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People Style Thinking
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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Musical Term Trying
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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Children People Thinking
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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Careers Memories Numbers
They’re a very strange lot actors, very strange people.
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Acting Actor People
The number of choices you make in the event that you see on stage, those choices are sometimes largely determined by the rehearsal process and the experiments that you go through and the choices that you make in the rehearsal room, not in front of an audience.
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Choices Event Numbers
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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Country Disappeared Fog Taken
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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Actors Tiptoes Want

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