I don’t have any ambition to make lots of money or win an Oscar or anything like that. It’s not about that for me.
BEN WHISHAWI do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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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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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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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I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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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’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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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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The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the café or something doing something weird. It’s amazing what people do, isn’t it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.
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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 can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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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