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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/filming-is-so-much-to-do-with-rhythm-as-is-music-and-if-it-isn-t/)

[Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/)

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> [But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/but-filming-is-good-for-you-because-the-crew-isn-t-allowed-to-laugh/)

[Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/)

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> [The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-kingsley/the-camera-does-not-like-acting-the-camera-is-only-interested-in/)

[Ben Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-kingsley/)

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## Other authors on Filming

## 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/)

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