Shakespeare villains were extraordinary. Macbeth, Iago, Richard III... They're so richly layered that a British actor would find it almost impossible to… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I never went to drama school. I went straight into the theater. We had the most extraordinary voice teacher. I worked with… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
My wife and I have now founded Lavender Pictures. If one has one's own company, there are very few surprises, but there's… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I've met quite a number of people in my career, but I do have an extraordinary memory. And even though they may… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
There is always something about the villains that I'm able to play, quote unquote, that isn't villainous. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
Family is family over the internet, over Skype, over the telephone. Love is love. You don't have to actually go through some ritual to… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing.… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story.… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
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… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
If one is going to offer children stories that underneath the story must be something that will inform, stimulate and guide, I love to… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
The leaping Jaguar on the bonnet, to me, makes it look more like a hunter than something that is getting away. It's a hunter.… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share
