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The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

Ben Kingsley

When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour.
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Boat Hours Miles
As an actor there’s no autonomy, unless you’re prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
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Actors Possibility Risk
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
There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the presence of a true Mahatma, in the deepest and most profound sense of the word.
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Film Light Profound
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
It’s Sir Ben. I’ve not been a Mister for two years.
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Hollywood Two Years
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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Character Fall Thinking
With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It’s a good exercise to do.
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Accurate Exercise Voice
Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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Astonishing Hamlet Intelligence
I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.
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Acting Children Thinking
I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.
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Acting might Thinking
Well, it’s wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.
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Identified Wells Wonderful Work
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
But comedy I’d love to do as much as humanly possible.
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Comedy Human Possible
The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
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Character Men Trying
I’ve never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I’m deeply fortunate.
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Gains Hands Pretending

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

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