English - Actor | December 31, 1943 -
The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
Ben Kingsley
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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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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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I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.
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The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.
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I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.
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I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.
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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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In cinema, the leading player is the director.
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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 honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.
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I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.
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