I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.
BEN KINGSLEYThere 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.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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Working in film, if you work with great directors, you learn that after every take you must let go. Sitting with my wife at the Academy Awards, we both let the moment just go.
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The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.
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With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It’s a good exercise to do.
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The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
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I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.
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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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When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour.
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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 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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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 honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I’m waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.
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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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Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
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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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One of the greatest things drama can do, at it’s best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.
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