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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.

Ben Whishaw

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
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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Film Love Music Stories
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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Acting Day End Past
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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Acting Character Stories
I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person’s soul.
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Art Soul Thinking
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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Character Different Looks
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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Finding Looks People Yourself
What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they’re great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.
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Bigs Ideas People
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Art Believe Wish
I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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Background Children Shy
I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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Sides Two Typical
The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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Criminals Flaws Justice
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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Cast Lot Thin Thinking
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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Intention Slides Theatre
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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Filmmaker Human Nature Stories

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