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“I don't honestly think people know what acting is.”

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Ben Kingsley is a renowned British actor, born on December 31, 1943. He is known for his exceptional performances in film, theater, and television, and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in 'Gandhi'. more

“There's a feminist critique of Muslim Arbitration Tribunals, which I'm certainly not unsympathetic to, because as I keep saying, I come from a human rights context. But there's a feminist critique of Muslim Arbitration Tribunals specifically, which says women are going to have their rights eroded by virtue of the fact of these courts are going to negotiate settlements and negotiate the dropping of criminal charges against men. There's not been any evidence of that taking place.”

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Author:Sadakat Kadri

“I always think about the books I'm doing in pretty much the same way. I'm simply trying to write that particular novel as well as that particular novel can be written. I want to listen to what it is telling me, trying to figure out what it wants to do as much as what I want to do with it. There's a negotiation that's constant and ongoing between me and the material I'm working with, because I'm trying to listen to it.”

Thinking Writing Trying Book Novel Negotiation

Author:Peter Straub

“People are coupling and decoupling all the time in Great Britain. The fact that Muslims choose to precede it with a certain formula of words, shouldn't bar them from anything. But, no one's saying that polygamy should be institutionalized in this country. That Muslim's uniquely should be allowed to have two or three or four marriages.”

People Country Polygamy

Author:Sadakat Kadri

“I can't always pick and choose, but I try very hard to take the roles where they are a bit more human. Sometimes there's a hilarious thing that comes along and it might not be the most interesting character, but I'm just delighted to be able to do something.”

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Author:Blythe Danner

“I'm not an actor who can constantly pick and choose, I try to get the best of what's there.”

Trying

Author:Blythe Danner

“Giancarlo Giammetti has a lot of nervous energy. He's a director, really. He was trying to direct the Valentino movie over my shoulder. I don't blame him - that's been his job for 50 years. But I had final cut in the movie by contract and I wouldn't have made the movie if I had not been completely independent.”

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Author:Matt Tyrnauer

“They would sort of keep you on your toes that way - that kind of Italian allergic reaction to eagerness. It's very bruta figura, bad form, to be eager. You sort of glide in and have a conversation and work things out, then it takes two days to get up and running.”

Kind Running Italian Eagerness

Author:Matt Tyrnauer

“When Karl Lagerfeld does a documentary, it's Karl Lagerfeld spouting in front of the camera for two hours. Valentino isn't like that. He's not very verbally expressive. He's very controlled and he needs to be perfect all the time - never a hair out of place, always the impeccable outfit.”

Hours Perfect

Author:Matt Tyrnauer

“What we found is that Valentino is actually a tremendous star - almost a movie star, really, because he plays himself all the time. The camera loves him.”

Movie Star

Author:Matt Tyrnauer

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

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Author:Ben Kingsley

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