164 Quotes by Ben Kingsley

I don't think that making ourselves invulnerable to feeling any onslaught to our feelings will help us in life, ultimately. I think we only learn and grow by allowing ourselves to be really challenged by those feelings that do overwhelm us occasionally.

I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.

I am not a classical actor; I am an entertainer. I fell into classical acting by mistake and actually started out as a singer. I wrote the music for a musical play and it transferred to London and I sang the songs in London.

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

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people, but I think that they attempt to keep in touch with the child.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

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.

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