John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.
From Ben Kingsley
Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder.
But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.
Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more spontaneous, more to do with the information that your soul carries.
I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.
As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.
As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it so precious to us and it's such an extraordinary part of our lives.
But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.
When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.
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