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Ben Kingsley quotes: 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.

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.

Ben Kingsley quotes: Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

Ben Kingsley quotes: There is always something about the villains that I'm able to play, quote unquote, that isn't villainous.

There is always something about the villains that I'm able to play, quote unquote, that isn't villainous.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

Ben Kingsley quotes: Equal partners aren't always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.

Equal partners aren't always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.

Ben Kingsley quotes: 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.

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.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

Ben Kingsley quotes: In cinema, the leading player is the director.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.

I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.

Ben Kingsley quotes: If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.

If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.

Ben Kingsley quotes: Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.

Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.

Ben Kingsley quotes: The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.

The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.

Ben Kingsley quotes: 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.

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.

Ben Kingsley quotes: But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.

Ben Kingsley quotes: 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.

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.

Ben Kingsley quotes: We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors.

We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors.

Ben Kingsley quotes: 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.

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.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

Ben Kingsley quotes: They're a very strange lot actors, very strange people.

They're a very strange lot actors, very strange people.

Ben Kingsley quotes: It's Sir Ben. I've not been a Mister for two years.

It's Sir Ben. I've not been a Mister for two years.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

Ben Kingsley quotes: As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.

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

Ben Kingsley quotes: But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

Ben Kingsley quotes: 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.

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.

Ben Kingsley quotes: You want to know what I want? I'll tell you what I want. I want back what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared.

You want to know what I want? I'll tell you what I want. I want back what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared.

Ben Kingsley quotes: Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

Ben Kingsley quotes: There's so much crap talked about acting.

There's so much crap talked about acting.

Ben Kingsley quotes: Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can't.

Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can't.

Ben Kingsley quotes: John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.

Ben Kingsley quotes: There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.

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

Ben Kingsley quotes: I have never felt bereft of anything.

I have never felt bereft of anything.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.

I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.

Ben Kingsley quotes: The biggest surprise in a man's life is old age.

The biggest surprise in a man's life is old age.

Ben Kingsley quotes: You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.

You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I do believe female directors, as well as our female writer, can bring out male vulnerability that some men can't because they can't face it.

I do believe female directors, as well as our female writer, can bring out male vulnerability that some men can't because they can't face it.

Ben Kingsley quotes: All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.

All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.

Ben Kingsley quotes: With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.

Ben Kingsley quotes: Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.

Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.

Ben Kingsley quotes: As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

Ben Kingsley quotes: The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

Ben Kingsley quotes: When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

Ben Kingsley quotes: 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.

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.

Ben Kingsley quotes: 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.

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.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.

I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.

Ben Kingsley quotes: It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

Ben Kingsley quotes: The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.

The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.

Ben Kingsley quotes: Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.

I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.

Ben Kingsley quotes: I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people, but I think that they attempt to keep in touch with the child.

I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people, but I think that they attempt to keep in touch with the child.