There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.
BEN KINGSLEYI think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.
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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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I have never felt bereft of anything.
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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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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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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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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
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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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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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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 comedy I’d love to do as much as humanly possible.
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I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.
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The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.
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Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.
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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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I didn’t go to drama school because, from the first refusal I then, as I said, a couple of weeks later, was offered a professional job, where I am immensely grateful to the journey.
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