Ben Kingsley Quotes
All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour. As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now. As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving. But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible. But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh. Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder. Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can't. Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence. Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work. I always try to find something I admire about every character I play. 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. I don't honestly think people know what acting is. I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job. I have never felt bereft of anything. I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me. 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. I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies. I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting. 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. 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.
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