There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.
From Ben Kingsley
If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.
I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other.
All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.
One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.
I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.
I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.
I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things.
When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour.
I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.
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