Ben Kingsley Quotes

You can still have a very strong sense of who you are and be successful in this industry.

When I started working, I just had my name be 'Bryce Dallas.'

I think the older that I'm getting, the more I'm understand what a privileged job I have, and what an opportunity I have. Now I'm directing films and I'm getting my first movie in America off the ground, and you start to understand how the system really works.

I have a name, I have to take advantage of it.

My real last name is Flores, and Milian is actually my mom's maiden name. So it's not made up, which is cool; it runs in the family. And it actually worked out better for my career to have the last name Milian, because Flores kept me in a little box, and no one really associated me with the last name Flores.

When I started working with Maryse is when I really felt like people can start to see what I stand for and who I am.

So now, cut to ten years later, and I'm making this amazing contract with Pantene. It's incredible.

I changed from 'Zoo Kid' to 'King Krule' mainly because I didn't want to be called a 'Kid' when I was 20, so I just thought I'd get rid of that alias and change it now while I'm younger. I wanted to change it quick. and 'King Krule' was the first thing that came into my head.

Fortunately my career has never been about how I look, it's about how I can be.

I'm quite looking forward to the fact that people know me as Richard rather than Craig.

I think what's most interesting about me is the work that I do.

Skylar is my first name and Astin is my middle name, and my real last name is Lipstein. When I was 15, I think my first agent just kind of did it for me. I'm not ashamed, I'm not embarrassed, but she said it was just less specific to one thing and she kind of chopped it off. But forever to my friends I will be Skylar Lipstein.

My name is out there right now. I'm creative and innovative. I should capitalize on it.

My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don't want to just be known for being involved in 'Playboy,' or having been Hugh Hefner's girlfriend - I hate that. I like to show I can do other things and take on other challenges. That's my main motivation.

Little opportunities should be improved.

When I started to recording, I gave the name of Honeyboy, but my people only knew me by Honey.

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.

I wasn't supposed to be walking with Mark Zuckerberg. I wasn't supposed to be interviewing Romney's sons. Why was I doing it? Because I wanted to survive. I wanted to live. I wanted to earn what it means to be an American.

Know who you are, because that's how you will be cast at first. Then you can be Meryl Streep further down the road.

I feel like I've been fortunate enough that I've gotten to meet and work with some really passionate people.

I love to learn, and Victoria's Secret has given me more opportunities than I ever thought possible. I like doing things that scare me - I've learned never to doubt myself.

I've accepted I can't rely on my work alone; I must market myself. The truly spectacular roles do go to the girls who actively promote their popularity.

When work is not going well, it's useful to remember that our identities stretch beyond what is on the business card, that we were people long before we became workers - and will continue to be human once we have put our tools down forever.

I've always had a hunger for realizing myself through my career.

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