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.
BEN KINGSLEYThe trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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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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I never read anything in print about me. It started with not reading reviews and with the greatest respect to my publicist here, I never read interviews. I was there when I gave them. I never read reviews. I was there when I did the jobs – so I’m totally immune. I live in a bubble.
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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’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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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
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There are some directors, lesser in confidence or skill, who make the actor feel very uncomfortable because you feel you’re auditioning for them, every day, and that’s a terrible feeling on the set.
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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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The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.
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It’s Sir Ben. I’ve not been a Mister for two years.
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I have never felt bereft of anything.
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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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If it’s a really well written villain, he probably has more layers than the archetypal good person. So that would be very attractive to an actor. No one chooses to be a villain; it’s usually a reaction to something else.
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I’m very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
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I don’t honestly think people know what acting is.
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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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