More - Ben Kingsley Quotes

I have no misconceptions about my dentist because when I go to my dentist I see what he does... Nobody can really understand the process of acting because... we don't want them to.

Ben Kingsley

 Dentist

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it's all about them, when in reality it's all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.

Ben Kingsley

 Acting And Actors

There is a lot of creative energy in me right now. In the work I'm now doing, I know that my soul-my soul-is fully articulate.

Ben Kingsley

 Energy

House of Sand and Fog.

Ben Kingsley

 

I found the absolute thrill of translating ancient poetic text into totally visceral, tangible and even relevant, immediate and urgent language... I was thrilled by Shakespeare. It surprised me, my profound delight in deciphering Shakespeare and making it completely flesh-and-blood.

Ben Kingsley

 

The yellow stars I have worn on three coats in Europe prevented that from happening,

Ben Kingsley

 

I think that Shakespeare had his male side and his female side extremely well developed. And this was a great quality of the Elizabethan, all-around Renaissance man. They were not afraid of their male side and their female side co-existing. This somewhere along the line got lost. And then it got misunderstood.

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.

Ben Kingsley

 English Actor

If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.

Ben Kingsley

 Best Friends English Actor

I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.

Ben Kingsley

 English Actor