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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.

Ben Whishaw

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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Couple Desire Hell
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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Acting Day End Past
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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Be Good Fun Real
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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Character Different Looks
I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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Cast Lot Thin Thinking
I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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Lovely Something Stopped Streets
I wish that the arts were better supported, and you can’t say that enough times, but I also believe that whatever happens, artists will keep going.
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Art Believe Wish
I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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States Thinking World
I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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Computer Hopeless Technology
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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People Reaction Simplicity
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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Bigs Ideas People
I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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Gone Regimes Workout
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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Cat Good Life Pretty
I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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Background Children Shy
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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Preparation Rehearsal Shooting
I’d like to have a go at directing.
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Action Directing Go

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