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.
BEN WHISHAWI can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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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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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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.
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I 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.
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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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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 don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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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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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you’re always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You’re always protected.
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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