Equal partners aren't always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations. Ben Kingsley More Quotes by Ben Kingsley More Quotes From Ben Kingsley I've met quite a number of people in my career, but I do have an extraordinary memory. And even though they may drift into the periphery of my memory, I can bring them right back when I need them. Ben Kingsley careers numbers memories There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance. Ben Kingsley trough assurance regard I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour. Ben Kingsley cameras and-love acting I don't want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on completely uninterrupted while the other actors tiptoe away. I'm so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I'm very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reaction gives. I feed off that and work off that. I don't like to be too prepared, no. However we define too prepared, if I feel it's getting that way, then I'll back off. My line-learning is very special. I like to learn the dialogue of the whole film before I arrive. Ben Kingsley energy special giving As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now. Ben Kingsley thieves singers alive As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving. Ben Kingsley possibility risk actors With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do. Ben Kingsley accurate voice exercise You want to know what I want? I'll tell you what I want. I want back what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared. Ben Kingsley fischer knows want I hope I'm able to achieve more on camera through stillness, through focus, through being quite careful to do less on every take, rather than more. So I'm reducing, rather than adding. Which hopefully is a good exercise. That's what I'd like to do. Ben Kingsley cameras focus exercise All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour. Ben Kingsley behaviour roots character When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm very curious to know him. If I neither recognise nor know him, then it is better that I don't play him. Ben Kingsley roles play men 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. Ben Kingsley film wonderful running You don't go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that's benign conquest. It's a glorious way of exploring other landscapes and other cultures in a very life-affirming way. Ben Kingsley landscape other-cultures play Working in film, if you work with great directors, you learn that after every take you must let go. Sitting with my wife at the Academy Awards, we both let the moment just go. Ben Kingsley awards wife letting-go We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors. Ben Kingsley rhythm actors change The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that. Ben Kingsley trying character men I don't honestly think people know what acting is. Ben Kingsley acting people thinking I'm so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I'm very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reaction gives. Ben Kingsley energy giving directors I don't want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on completely uninterrupted while the other actors tiptoe away. Ben Kingsley tiptoes actors want If you are a libertine, if you're not given to long-term faithful relationships, you tend to project your behavior onto everyone else. It's like the person who knows they're not trustworthy; they tend to mistrust everyone else. Ben Kingsley trustworthy faithful long
