It’s Sir Ben. I’ve not been a Mister for two years.
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.
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But comedy I’d love to do as much as humanly possible.
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I don’t honestly think people know what acting is.
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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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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.
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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 think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it so precious to us and it’s such an extraordinary part of our lives.
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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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I have never felt bereft of anything.
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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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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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Family is family over the internet, over Skype, over the telephone. Love is love. You don’t have to actually go through some ritual to prove that you love somebody.
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Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn’t there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can’t.
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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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I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That’s how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other.
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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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