I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.
BEN KINGSLEYI 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.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It’s harder.
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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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But filming is good for you, because the crew isn’t allowed to laugh. You can’t get addicted to getting the laugh.
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I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.
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Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn’t going to work.
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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 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 think I’m more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.
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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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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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Equal partners aren’t always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.
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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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It’s Sir Ben. I’ve not been a Mister for two years.
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Well, it’s wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.
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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
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