Quotes by Ben Kingsley

About Ben Kingsley:

Sir Ben Kingsley 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 Slevin (2006), Shutter Island (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Hugo (2011), and Iron Man 3 (2013). Kingsley was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000, and a Knight Bachelor in 2002. In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2013 he received the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.
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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 out, while standing on your head!

Ben Kingsley

In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me.

Ben Kingsley

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

Ben Kingsley

The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.

Ben Kingsley

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.

Ben Kingsley

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

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.

Ben Kingsley

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.

Ben Kingsley

I have never felt bereft of anything.

Ben Kingsley

I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I would absolutely embrace with all five of my arms being a Bond villain.

Ben Kingsley

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.

Ben Kingsley

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

Ben Kingsley

I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.

Ben Kingsley

I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.

Ben Kingsley

There's so much crap talked about acting.

Ben Kingsley

I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it so precious to us and it's such an extraordinary part of our lives.

Ben Kingsley

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

Ben Kingsley

I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.

Ben Kingsley

There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.

Ben Kingsley

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

Ben Kingsley

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

Ben Kingsley

Author Bio

  • NameBen Kingsley
  • DescriptionEnglish actor
  • BornDecember 31, 1943
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actor; Padma Shri