The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I always try to find something I admire about every character I play. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and… — 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
You need particular note or rhythm in the symphony to be that minor key, or that sharp key or major chord. In… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
Shock is shock. Your body goes into shock, regardless of it being real blood or fake blood. The mind sends powerful messages… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I don't do anything that would ever come across as advice or suggestion, but it's just part of a debate. Like, "I… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
There is always something about the villains that I'm able to play, quote unquote, that isn't villainous. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
