I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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 do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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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 find it weird that people want to know about you.
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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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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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they’re great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.
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