I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
BEN WHISHAWI find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
BEN WHISHAWMy favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
BEN WHISHAWFilmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
BEN WHISHAWI can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
BEN WHISHAWFor me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
BEN WHISHAWI don’t think I am especially interested in celebrities, but I love talking about what is going on with people and why they do what they do.
BEN WHISHAWI’d like to have a go at directing.
BEN WHISHAWWhen 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.
BEN WHISHAWI 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.
BEN WHISHAWWhen you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way – they make you look at the world in a different way.
BEN WHISHAWIn film, I find it very useful always to do some preparation before you start rehearsals or start shooting, because there’s so much that’s against you on a film set.
BEN WHISHAWI am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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.
BEN WHISHAWI find it weird that people want to know about you.
BEN WHISHAWI think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person’s soul.
BEN WHISHAWI used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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