The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

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...

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.

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

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

I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people,...

I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people,...

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'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and...

I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and...

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...

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

I have never felt bereft of anything.

I have never felt bereft of anything.

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 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.

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 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 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...

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 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...

Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't...

Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn'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 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...