Ben Kingsley Quotes
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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.
— Ben Kingsley
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
There is always something about the villains that I'm able to play, quote unquote, that isn't villainous.
— Ben Kingsley
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
I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.
— Ben Kingsley
In cinema, the leading player is the director.
— Ben Kingsley
I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.
— Ben Kingsley
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
It has been a great experience to act in Hollywood movies with actors like Ben Kingsley.
— Navi Rawat
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
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
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
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
They're a very strange lot actors, very strange people.
— Ben Kingsley
It's Sir Ben. I've not been a Mister for two years.
— Ben Kingsley
I don't honestly think people know what acting is.
— Ben Kingsley
As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.
— Ben Kingsley
But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.
— Ben Kingsley
We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors.
— Ben Kingsley
Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
— Ben Kingsley
There's so much crap talked about acting.
— Ben Kingsley
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
The best compliment was Ben Kingsley coming up to me, putting his hand on the back of my neck, and saying, "Good job, son.".
— Aaron Stanford
There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.
— Ben Kingsley
I have never felt bereft of anything.
— Ben Kingsley
I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
— Ben Kingsley
The biggest surprise in a man's life is old age.
— Ben Kingsley
With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.
— Ben Kingsley
As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
— Ben Kingsley
The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.
— Ben Kingsley
When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.
— Ben Kingsley
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
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
The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.
— Ben Kingsley
Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.
— Ben Kingsley
I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.
— Ben Kingsley
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
Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
— Ben Kingsley