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53 quotes by Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards. He is known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films Schindler's List (1993), Sexy Beast (2000), Lucky Number...
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If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.

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That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and... →

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I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.

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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 you know them inside... →

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One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy.... →

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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 try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.

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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 think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to the irony, and allow the irony... →

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I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other.

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Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.

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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

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The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.

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