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.
BEN WHISHAWI’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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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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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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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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