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.
BEN WHISHAWThe 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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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 really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
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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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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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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 used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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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