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As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I’d still be alive by now.

Ben Kingsley

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.
BEN KINGSLEY

Children Fantasy Remember
Sometimes it’s right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.
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Reality Sometimes Truth
I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don’t understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things.
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People Style Thinking
I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it so precious to us and it’s such an extraordinary part of our lives.
BEN KINGSLEY

Children Thinking Trying
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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Curve Name Thinking
When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.
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Acting Film Lazy
I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.
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Acting Children Thinking
I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.
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Creative Creativity Trying
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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Director Feelings Skills
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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Awards Let Go Wife
If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.
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Fish Play Tank Three
In order to inhabit a villain, you mustn’t care what the audience think of you. That’s not why you are there. You mustn’t care for a second whether the audience likes you or dislikes you. Your villain has to be way beyond that.
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Care Order Thinking
There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There’s never been a trough of my assurance.
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Assurance Regard Trough
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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Gains Hands Pretending
I’m open to any project, but my joyful projects are those through which I can say something and through which I can speak to the an audience of people in the world, and I can be that vehicle through which something can be said, I find that entirely thrilling and joyful.
BEN KINGSLEY

People Speak World
With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It’s a good exercise to do.
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Accurate Exercise Voice

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