Ben Kingsley

Actor

1943-12-31

Ben Kingsley is a British actor known for acclaimed performances in film, including Gandhi, Sexy Beast, and House of Sand and Fog.

Quotes by Ben Kingsley

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.
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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
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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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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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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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That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere.
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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 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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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.
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