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I know Pandit Ravi Shankar was very upset with me, as I did not use his compositions in 'Gandhi.' I thought that the London Philharmonic Orchestra would prove more effective than his music. It was one of my biggest miscalculations.

~Richard Attenborough

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Ben Kingsley was my ideal choice for Gandhi, and he really lived up to the expectations of an international audience. I did not find any Indian actor worthy to perform the role of Gandhi in the early Eighties, though there were brilliant performers like Naseeruddin Shah in India.

~Richard Attenborough

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I have no great interest in being remembered as a great creative filmmaker.

~Richard Attenborough

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I want to be remembered as a storyteller.

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In the late 1940s, there weren't any pop stars, and TV didn't exist.

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I like to make films about people who changed the lives of others and asserted human dignity.

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I'm not a great director or an auteur; I'm an ensemble director. I do think I can get wonderful performances out of actors.

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The old adage about acting - that it's 98% energy and 2% talent - is true, you know.

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Say what you will about 'Miracle on 34th Street'; I can take my grandchildren to it. If I had a maiden aunt, I could take her, or my ma and pa if they were alive.

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The problem is, you see, I've just got so many subjects I want to direct.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: August 29th, 1923

Died: August 24th, 2014

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