Ben Kingsley

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. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#changed #convinced #curve #eventually #had

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#deeply #else #fortunate #gain #had

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. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#chips #fish #going #help #i

In cinema, the leading player is the director. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#director #leading #player

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. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#away #ben #disappeared #england #even

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#being #better #celebrity #charity #just

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

— Ben Kingsley

#i #john #john lennon #lennon #liked

Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#magic #movie

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. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#career #careful #carries #changes #information

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#ease #everywhere #exists #flesh #honour