A biography for Ben Kingsleyhasn’t been written yet.
“I have never felt bereft of anything.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.”
“I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.”
“I would like to make it known, on this program, loud and clear, that I would absolutely embrace with all five of my arms being a Bond villain.”
“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.”
“As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.”
“I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.”
“If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.”
“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.”
“As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.”
“I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.”
“I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things.”
“I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other.”
“When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.”
“With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.”
“All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.”