The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.
BEN KINGSLEYI 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.
More Ben Kingsley Quotes
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I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.
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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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I don’t honestly think people know what acting is.
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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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There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.
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John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.
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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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Shock is shock. Your body goes into shock, regardless of it being real blood or fake blood. The mind sends powerful messages to all the various glands and secretions in the body. It’s impossible trying to act it; it just happens. It’s a very important question: no acting.
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In cinema, the leading player is the director.
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I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That’s how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other.
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They’re a very strange lot actors, very strange people.
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I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.
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I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.
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The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.
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