My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
BEN WHISHAWThe 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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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’d like to have a go at directing.
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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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Even today, England is a very repressed, repressive country, and there’s pressure to be kind of a certain way, so people do things that ultimately make them sad.
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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 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 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 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’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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I always feel I am in the dark. You are never finished… it is not as if you can look back and think: ah… I know what I am talking about. You are only as good as your last job and are always struggling and striving and you never quite get to where you want to be.
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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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I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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