Ben Kingsley

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

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.

I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.

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.

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

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

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 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.

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 do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.

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