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

Quote by Ben Kingsley

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It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice,...

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice,...

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...

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

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

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm...

When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't...

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't...

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot...

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot...

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

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

There's so much crap talked about acting.

There's so much crap talked about acting.

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending...

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending...