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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.

Ben Whishaw

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
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
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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Always New Something Stimulate Twice
I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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Sides Two Typical
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
The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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Criminals Flaws Justice
Keats 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.
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Actors Character Trying
I’d like to have a go at directing.
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Action Directing Go
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
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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Preparation Rehearsal Shooting
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’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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Computer Hopeless Technology
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
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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Eye Rights Understanding
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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Cat Good Life Pretty
I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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Knows People Want

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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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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