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

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
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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Filmmaker Human Nature Stories
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 think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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Rehearsal Sometimes 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
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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Character Opportunity Play
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
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
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 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
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 find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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Anything Hard Interesting Say
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
I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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Lovely Something Stopped Streets
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

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