I wish that the arts were better supported, and you can’t say that enough times, but I also believe that whatever happens, artists will keep going.
BEN WHISHAWI’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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The thing about acting is that it’s fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what’s given to you.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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I don’t have any ambition to make lots of money or win an Oscar or anything like that. It’s not about that for me.
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Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.
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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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Dustin Hoffman also never does the same thing twice which is totally stimulating because you’re always getting something new from him. You never really know what he’s going to do next, so you have to be on your toes.
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I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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I’ve been out to LA a couple of times but, over there, the Grenouille in me always comes to the surface. I feel completely terrified, totally flummoxed, like I don’t understand what the hell is going on. I’ve no desire at all to go back there.
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We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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