I don't honestly think people know what acting is.
From Ben Kingsley
If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.
I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people, but I think that they attempt to keep in touch with the child.
The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.
In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me.
I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.
The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.
Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
In cinema, the leading player is the director.
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