If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
BEN KINGSLEYI 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.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.
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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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There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.
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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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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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If you are a libertine, if you’re not given to long-term faithful relationships, you tend to project your behavior onto everyone else. It’s like the person who knows they’re not trustworthy; they tend to mistrust everyone else.
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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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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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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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Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
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I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.
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My line-learning is very special. I like to learn the dialogue of the whole film before I arrive.
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There’s so much crap talked about acting.
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I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.
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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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