Top 53 Quotes by Ben Kingsley

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

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

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.

I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the character, true to the irony, and allow the irony to happen.

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.

I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.

Filming is so much to do with rhythm, as is music, and if it isn't there then you know in the end nobody can save it really, they can't.

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.