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

Quote by Ben Kingsley

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With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise...

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise...

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

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

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 do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6...

I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6...

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

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

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...

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...

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I...

I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I...

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge...

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge...

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

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

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...

The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure...

The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure...

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they...

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they...

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

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