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

Quote by Ben Kingsley

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The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So...

The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So...

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

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

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...

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.

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...

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...

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

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...

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...

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...

If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.

If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.

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...

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the...

One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the...

The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still...

The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still...

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...

There's so much crap talked about acting.

There's so much crap talked about acting.

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...

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.

All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.

All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.