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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 think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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Cast Lot Thin Thinking
I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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States Thinking World
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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Actors Character Trying
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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People Talking Thinking
I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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Computer Hopeless Technology
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
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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Ambition Oscars Winning
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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People Reaction Simplicity
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 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 was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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Background Children Shy
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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Cat Good Life Pretty
I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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Neurasthenic Not Really Torture
I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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Knows People Want
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
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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Dark Jobs Struggle

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 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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