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There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There’s never been a trough of my assurance.

Ben Kingsley

All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
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Behaviour Character Roots
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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Film Light Profound
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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Character Fall 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
The leaping Jaguar on the bonnet, to me, makes it look more like a hunter than something that is getting away. It’s a hunter. Richard III definitely would have had a chauffeur driven Jaguar MK X.
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Hunters Jaguar Looks
There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.
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Able Play Villain
You don’t go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that’s benign conquest. It’s a glorious way of exploring other landscapes and other cultures in a very life-affirming way.
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Culture Landscape Other Play
I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I would absolutely embrace with all five of my arms being a Bond villain.
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Arms Embrace Villain
I don’t honestly think people know what acting is.
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Acting People Thinking
I’m very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
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Acting Cameras Love
Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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Astonishing Hamlet Intelligence
Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
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Act Acting Magic Movie
But comedy I’d love to do as much as humanly possible.
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Comedy Human Possible
Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn’t going to work.
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Choices Firsts Script
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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Boat Hours Miles
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

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There’s never been a trough of my assurance.

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