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.
BEN WHISHAWWe 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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My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
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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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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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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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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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I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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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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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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As an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don’t see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities.
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It’s fun to pretend you’re good at something you know you wouldn’t be good at in real life.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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