The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.
BEN KINGSLEYSometimes it’s right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.
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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.
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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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The number of choices you make in the event that you see on stage, those choices are sometimes largely determined by the rehearsal process and the experiments that you go through and the choices that you make in the rehearsal room, not in front of an audience.
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I’m very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
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When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.
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In England, it’s now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It’s not even on my passport anymore. They’ve taken Mister away from me.
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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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I think I’m more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.
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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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Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
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You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.
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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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What is chess, do you think? Those who play for fun or not at all dismiss it as a game. The ones who devote their lives to it for the most part insist that it’s a science. It’s neither. Bobby Fischer got underneath it like no one before and found at its center, art.
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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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As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I’d still be alive by now.
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