The Ocean Fell into the Drop: A Memoir

During his first visit to the cinema as a child, the empathy he felt from Gary Cooper was life-changing, and a secret dream was born in the darkened auditorium. Later, his forays to the East revealed an original take on humanity which fell into two categories- those who remembered and those who didn't. The former by teaching the latter could transmit this memory, and communicate this spark of creation directly into the being of the other. The Ocean Fell into the Drop is a different kind of showbusiness memoir, one that traces Terence Stamp's twin obsessions, acting and mysticism, and the relationship the two have to each other for him, through the trajectory of his life. On the way he discusses his directors, Fellini, Loach, Pasolini; actors, Olivier, Brando and Redgrave; and spiritual masters, Krishnamurti and Hazarat Inayat Khan, as well as his family, life in the East End, Sufism and style. During my first visit to the cinema the empathy I felt from Gary Cooper was life-changing, and a secret dream was born in the darkened auditorium. Later, my forays to the East revealed an original take on humanity which fell into two categories- those who remembered and those who didn't. The former by teaching the latter could transmit this memory, and communicate this spark of creation directly into the being of the other. The Ocean Fell into the Dropis a different kind of showbusiness memoir, one that traces Terence Stamp's twin obsessions, acting and mysticism, and the relationship the two have to each other for him, through the trajectory of his life. On the way he discusses his directors, Fellini, Loach, Pasolini; actors, Olivier, Brando and Redgrave; and spiritual masters, Krishnamurti and Hazarat Inayat Khan, as well as his family, life in the East End, Sufism and style.

Terence Henry Stamp(born 22 July 1938)is an English actor. After training at theWebber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Artin London he started his acting career in 1962. He has appeared inmore than 60 films. His performance in the title role inBilly Budd, his film debut, earned him anAcademy Awardnomination forBest Supporting Actorand aBAFTA nomination forBest Newcomer. Stamp's other major roles include butterfly collector Freddie Clegg inThe Collector, archvillainGeneral ZodinSupermanandSuperman II, tough guy Wilson inThe Limey,Supreme ChancellorValoruminStar Wars- Episode I - The Phantom Menace, transgender woman Bernadette Bassinger inThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, ghost antagonist Ramsley inThe HauntedMansion,StickinElektra, Pekwarsky inWanted, Siegfried inGet Smart, Terrence Bundley inYes Man, the Prophet of Truth inHalo 3, Mankar Camoran inThe Elder Scrolls IV- Oblivion, and GeneralLudwig BeckinValkyrie. He has appeared intwo Tim Burton films,Big Eyes(2014) andMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children(2016). For his acting, Stamp has won aGolden Globe, a Mystfest, aCannes Film FestivalAward, aSeattle International Film FestivalAward, aSatellite Award, and aSilver Bear. Stamp has also had voicework, narratingJazz Britanniaon theBBC, and1966 - A Nation RemembersonITVin July 2016, which marked the 50th anniversary of England's1966 FIFA World Cup victory.