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.
BEN WHISHAWWe 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.
BEN WHISHAWThe 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.
BEN WHISHAWI 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.
BEN WHISHAWI’d like to have a go at directing.
BEN WHISHAWAs 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.
BEN WHISHAWI can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
BEN WHISHAWI love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.
BEN WHISHAWI’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
BEN WHISHAWI’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.
BEN WHISHAWMy favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
BEN WHISHAWI reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
BEN WHISHAWThe 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 think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person’s soul.
BEN WHISHAWI find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
BEN WHISHAWI don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
BEN WHISHAWI’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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