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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.

Ben Whishaw

The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
BEN WHISHAW

Criminals Flaws Justice
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
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’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
BEN WHISHAW

Neurasthenic Not Really Torture
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 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 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
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.
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Acting Character Stories
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
I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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Anything Hard Interesting Say
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
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
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Bind Country Fabvorite Rehersal
I’d like to have a go at directing.
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Action Directing Go
I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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Sides Two Typical

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