It’s Sir Ben. I’ve not been a Mister for two years.
BEN KINGSLEY
The number of choices you make in the event that you see on stage, those choices are sometimes largely determined by the rehearsal process and the experiments that you go through and the choices that you make in the rehearsal room, not in front of an audience.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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It’s Sir Ben. I’ve not been a Mister for two years.
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I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.
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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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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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But comedy I’d love to do as much as humanly possible.
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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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They’re a very strange lot actors, very strange people.
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I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.
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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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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’m convinced that had I not changed my name, I don’t think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.
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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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