I’m very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
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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.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.
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Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
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I’m so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I’m very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reaction gives.
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There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There’s never been a trough of my assurance.
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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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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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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
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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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I do believe female directors, as well as our female writer, can bring out male vulnerability that some men can’t because they can’t face it.
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They’re a very strange lot actors, very strange people.
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When I choose a role it’s either because I recognise the man, or that I’m very curious to know him. If I neither recognise nor know him, then it is better that I don’t play him.
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I told myself that I would not go back to the camps as an actor ever again, that I was very frightened of wearing a yellow star. It was fear, it was cowardice, I was.
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