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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.

Ben Whishaw

I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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Neurasthenic Not Really Torture
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
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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Filmmaker Human Nature Stories
I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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Sides Two Typical
I’d like to have a go at directing.
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Action Directing Go
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
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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Preparation Rehearsal Shooting
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
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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Couple Desire Hell
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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Always New Something Stimulate Twice
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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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Painters Sculptors Stills
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 used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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Knack Littles Wizard
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

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