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I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.

Ben Whishaw

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 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
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
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 I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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Degrees Insecurity Thinking
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
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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Filmmaker Human Nature Stories
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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Actors Character Trying
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.
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Ambition Oscars Winning
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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Always New Something Stimulate Twice
When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I’d be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn’t. I didn’t get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I’d better train and then the parts would come.
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Able Actors Levels
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
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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Cat Good Life Pretty
I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.
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Film Love Music Stories
I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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Knows People Want
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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