Ben Kingsley Quotes

When I choose a role it's either because I recognise the man, or that I'm very curious to know him. If I neither recognise nor know him, then it is better that I don't play him. When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

- Ben Kingsley

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