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When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm very curious to know him. If I neither recognise nor know him, then it is better that I don't play him.
Ben Kingsley
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Ben Kingsley
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 31
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Krishna Pandit Bhanji
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