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.

Quote by Ben Kingsley

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I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have...

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have...

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or...

I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or...

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would...

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would...

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the...

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the...

I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who...

I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who...

I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to...

I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to...

There's so much crap talked about acting.

There's so much crap talked about acting.

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great...

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great...

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of...

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of...

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame....

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame....

Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more...

Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more...

I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I...

I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I...

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

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

There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating...

There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating...

I have never felt bereft of anything.

I have never felt bereft of anything.

As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be...

As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be...

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence...

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence...

When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat...

When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat...

Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and...

Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and...