Ben Kingsley

There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the presence of a true Mahatma, in the deepest and most profound sense of the word. ”

I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things. ”

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

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance. ”

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. ”