Top 53 Quotes by Ben Kingsley

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.

I'm very in love with the fact that the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.

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.

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.

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.

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.

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.

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.

Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.