--- title: "6 Extraordinary Quotes By Ben Kingsley" description: "6 Extraordinary quotes by Ben Kingsley. Plus more from Ben Kingsley and more Extraordinary sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/ben-kingsley-5765_actors_shakespeare-villains-were-extraordinary_755839.jpg" --- > [Shakespeare villains were extraordinary. Macbeth, Iago, Richard III... They're so richly layered that a British actor would find it almost impossible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/shakespeare-villains-were-extraordinary-macbeth-iago-richard-iii-they/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/ben-kingsley-5765_actors_shakespeare-villains-were-extraordinary_755839.jpg) > [I never went to drama school. I went straight into the theater. We had the most extraordinary voice teacher. I worked with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/i-never-went-to-drama-school-i-went-straight-into-the-theater-we-had/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/ben-kingsley-5765_back-together_i-never-went-to-drama-school-i-went-stra_1357201.jpg) > [I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/i-think-that-all-of-us-either-lose-touch-with-the-child-inside-us-or/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/ben-kingsley-5765_children_i-think-that-all-of-us-either-lose-touch_1918615.jpg) > [My wife and I have now founded Lavender Pictures. If one has one's own company, there are very few surprises, but there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/my-wife-and-i-have-now-founded-lavender-pictures-if-one-has-one-s-own/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/ben-kingsley-5765_adventure_my-wife-and-i-have-now-founded-lavender_1986049.jpg) > [I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/i-think-i-m-more-bonded-emotionally-and-in-a-craft-sense-to-films/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/ben-kingsley-5765_cinema_i-think-i-m-more-bonded-emotionally-and_2633513.jpg) > [I've met quite a number of people in my career, but I do have an extraordinary memory. And even though they may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/i-ve-met-quite-a-number-of-people-in-my-career-but-i-do-have-an/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/ben-kingsley-5765_back-when_i-ve-met-quite-a-number-of-people-in-my_2967590.jpg) ## Other authors on Extraordinary ## More by Ben Kingsley > [Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/millions-of-children-are-disempowered-and-we-need-to-empower-them/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/we-are-adjusters-we-empathize-we-change-rhythm-and-above-all-we/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/when-attenborough-asked-me-to-do-gandhi-it-was-almost-like-stepping/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [There is always something about the villains that I'm able to play, quote unquote, that isn't villainous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/there-is-always-something-about-the-villains-that-i-m-able-to-play/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/family-is-family-over-the-internet-over-skype-over-the-telephone-love/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/fifteen-years-before-i-became-a-screen-actor-i-was-in-the-theatre-a/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/but-comedy-i-d-love-to-do-as-much-as-humanly-possible/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/you-can-throw-away-the-privilege-of-acting-but-that-would-be-such-a/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/i-just-loved-playing-a-man-who-was-unafraid-of-making-an-idiot-of/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/when-you-drop-your-guard-in-films-the-acting-process-compensates-you/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/when-i-choose-a-role-it-s-either-because-i-recognise-the-man-or-that/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [If one is going to offer children stories that underneath the story must be something that will inform, stimulate and guide, I love to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/if-one-is-going-to-offer-children-stories-that-underneath-the-story/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/it-is-better-for-me-to-serve-a-charity-as-an-actor-or-a-voice-rather/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/the-leaping-jaguar-on-the-bonnet-to-me-makes-it-look-more-like-a/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) > [I don't honestly think people know what acting is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/i-don-t-honestly-think-people-know-what-acting-is/) [Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extraordinary/ben-kingsley/#itemlist", "name": "6 Extraordinary Quotes By Ben Kingsley", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Shakespeare villains were extraordinary. Macbeth, Iago, Richard III... 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