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There's so much crap talked about acting.

Ben Kingsley

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Ben Kingsley
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 31
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Snainton
North Yorkshire
Krishna Pandit Bhanji
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Acting
Much

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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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I don't want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on completely uninterrupted while the other actors tiptoe away.
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Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.
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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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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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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
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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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But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.
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I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.
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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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I don't honestly think people know what acting is.
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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.
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Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.
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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.
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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.
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With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.
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When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour.
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