If it's a really well written villain, he probably has more layers than the archetypal good person. So that would be very attractive to an actor. No one chooses to be a villain; it's usually a reaction to something else.
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
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
Equal partners aren't always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.
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
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…
Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times. - Ben Kingsley
Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.
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 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…
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
You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.
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
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…
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
But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.
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
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.
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