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 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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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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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One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.
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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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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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When 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.
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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 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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I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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In 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.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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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 love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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