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Ben Whishaw

I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person’s soul.
BEN WHISHAW

Art Soul Thinking
I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
BEN WHISHAW

Anything Hard Interesting Say
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Finding Looks People Yourself
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 WHISHAW

Couple Desire Hell
I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
BEN WHISHAW

Neurasthenic Not Really Torture
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Always New Something Stimulate Twice
One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.
BEN WHISHAW

Intention Slides Theatre
I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
BEN WHISHAW

Background Children Shy
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Dark Jobs Struggle
I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
BEN WHISHAW

Knack Littles Wizard
I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
BEN WHISHAW

Overcoming People Trying
It’s fun to pretend you’re good at something you know you wouldn’t be good at in real life.
BEN WHISHAW

Be Good Fun Real
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Character Different Looks
I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
BEN WHISHAW

Computer Hopeless Technology
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Acting Day End Past
The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
BEN WHISHAW

Criminals Flaws Justice

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