English - Actor | December 31, 1943 -
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.
Ben Kingsley
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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
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I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.
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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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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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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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Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can't.
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All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
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There's so much crap talked about acting.
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As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
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I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.
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One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.
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