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.
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 WHISHAWIt’s fun to pretend you’re good at something you know you wouldn’t be good at in real life.
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 WHISHAWWhat 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.
BEN WHISHAWI would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
BEN WHISHAWI think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
BEN WHISHAWI am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
BEN WHISHAWI love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
BEN WHISHAWDustin 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.
BEN WHISHAWI 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.
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 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.
BEN WHISHAWThe criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
BEN WHISHAWKeats 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.
BEN WHISHAWI reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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.
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