That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere.
BEN KINGSLEYAs a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I’d still be alive by now.
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’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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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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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
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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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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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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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There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.
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Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
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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.
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The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!
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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.
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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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