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.
BEN WHISHAWWhen 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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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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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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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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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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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 don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
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When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I’d be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn’t. I didn’t get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I’d better train and then the parts would come.
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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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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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