I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
BEN WHISHAWKeats himself spoke about how Shakespeare was capable of erasing himself completely from the characters he had created. As an actor, that is what I’m trying to do.
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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 find it weird that people want to know about you.
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I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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As an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don’t see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities.
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The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the café or something doing something weird. It’s amazing what people do, isn’t it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.
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I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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Keats himself spoke about how Shakespeare was capable of erasing himself completely from the characters he had created. As an actor, that is what I’m trying to do.
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I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
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I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.
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When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I’d be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn’t. I didn’t get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I’d better train and then the parts would come.
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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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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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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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It’s fun to pretend you’re good at something you know you wouldn’t be good at in real life.
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