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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.

Ben Whishaw

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.
BEN WHISHAW

Actors Character Trying
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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Dark Jobs Struggle
Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.
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Certainty Choices Life Next
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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Art Soul Thinking
I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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Degrees Insecurity Thinking
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
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’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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Neurasthenic Not Really Torture
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
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
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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People Talking Thinking
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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Overcoming People Trying
I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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Sides Two Typical
I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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Background Children Shy
I’d like to have a go at directing.
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Action Directing Go
I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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Anything Hard Interesting Say

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