I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
BEN WHISHAWWhat 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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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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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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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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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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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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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 love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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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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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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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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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