I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
BEN WHISHAWI’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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I find it weird that people want to know about 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 reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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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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