Ben Kingsley Quotes

My Line-learning Is Very Special. I Like To Learn The Dialogue Of The Whole Film Before I Arrive.

There Are Some Directors, Lesser In Confidence Or Skill, Who Make The Actor Feel Very Uncomfortable Because You Feel You're Auditioning For Them, Every Day, And That's A Terrible Feeling On The Set.

I Never Went To Drama School. I Went Straight Into The Theater. We Had The Most Extraordinary Voice Teacher. I Worked With Her When I Was Starting Out In My Career. How To Place My Voice From A Very Relaxed Position Was All Wonderfully Reminiscent Of Going Back To The Basics. But I Always Like To Do That With Any Role That I Do, To Dismantle It And Put It All Back Together Again.

The Environment Forces You To Be Utterly Dependent Between "action" And "cut" Because The Environment Is Perfect On Your Fellow Actor. So As An Acting Exercise, It's Absolutely Thrilling That The Focus That We Had To Bring To Each Other Echoed In Life, Echoed In Art. And When You Get That Parallel, It's Really Thrilling And It's Full Of Surprises, But It All Has A Logic.

I Want To Play A Man In Uniform. I've Got Tremendous Respect For That Life That They Lead. We Know So Little About It. It's Never Discussed Or Talked About, When They Come Back From Battle. I Want To Examine The Choices That Have To Be Made In Those Terrible Times. [...] I'll Get To Wear A Uniform.

I Don't Do Anything That Would Ever Come Across As Advice Or Suggestion, But It's Just Part Of A Debate. Like, "i Would Like To Try This," Or "let Me Do Another One With More Stillness, Let Me Emphasize That." Rather Than "i Think You Should Emphasize This, I Think" - You Know, I Don't Impose Choices.

I'm Open To Any Project, But My Joyful Projects Are Those Through Which I Can Say Something And Through Which I Can Speak To The An Audience Of People In The World, And I Can Be That Vehicle Through Which Something Can Be Said, I Find That Entirely Thrilling And Joyful.

You Need Particular Note Or Rhythm In The Symphony To Be That Minor Key, Or That Sharp Key Or Major Chord. In Musical Terms, I Try To Hit The Right Note. But Not Alter The Score Of The Music, Just Emphasize The Note Correctly.

When You Drop Your Guard In Films, The Acting Process Compensates. You Get Lazy And You Start Acting.

There's So Much Crap Talked About Acting.

It Is Better For Me To Serve A Charity As An Actor Or A Voice, Rather Than At A Luncheon Being Just A Celebrity.

John Lennon And Ringo Starr Liked My Songs. I Used To Write Songs And They Heard Me Sing Songs On Stage In London.