Top 53 Quotes by 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.

The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still is to a certain extent.

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

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.

As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.

All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.

When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour.