Turning 81 Today: Ben Kingsley. Happy Birthday

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Born
December 31, 1943 · Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK

Birth name
Krishna Bhanji

Spouses
Daniela Lavender (September 3, 2007 – present)
Alexandra Christmann (October 3, 2003 – February 8, 2005) (divorced)
Alison Sutcliffe (July 1, 1978 – February 1, 1992) (divorced, 2 children)
Angela Morant (1966 – 1972) (divorced, 2 children)

QUOTES:

[on winning the Oscar for Best Actor in Gandhi (1982)] If I knew I was going to win, I would not have gone dressed as a waiter.

As an actor, there’s no autonomy, unless you’re prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

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.

All the great writers root their characters in true human behavior.

As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I’d still be alive by now.

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