The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you’re always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You’re always protected.
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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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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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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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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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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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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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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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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 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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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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