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.

- Ben Kingsley

Equal partners aren't always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.

- Ben Kingsley

I think the actor has a tribal role as the archetypal story teller. I think there was a time when the storyteller, the priest, the healer, were all o…

- Ben Kingsley

Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.

- Ben Kingsley

You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.

- Ben Kingsley

I don't want to be like the actor who rehearses everything in the bathroom, then comes to the set and carries on completely uninterrupted while the o…

- Ben Kingsley

I love storytelling. If you strip all the bits away, what you'll find at the center is a storyteller. As I warm to my career and love it more, I have…

- Ben Kingsley

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.

- Ben Kingsley

I do believe female directors, as well as our female writer, can bring out male vulnerability that some men can't because they can't face it.

- Ben Kingsley