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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 find it weird that people want to know about you.
BEN WHISHAW

Knows People Want
It’s fun to pretend you’re good at something you know you wouldn’t be good at in real life.
BEN WHISHAW

Be Good Fun Real
I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
BEN WHISHAW

Knack Littles Wizard
I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
BEN WHISHAW

Sides Two Typical
I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
BEN WHISHAW

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

Criminals Flaws Justice
My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
BEN WHISHAW

Bind Country Fabvorite Rehersal
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
BEN WHISHAW

Anonymity Important Levels
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Ambition Oscars Winning
The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the café or something doing something weird. It’s amazing what people do, isn’t it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.
BEN WHISHAW

Finding Looks People Yourself
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Able Actors Levels
I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
BEN WHISHAW

Computer Hopeless Technology
One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.
BEN WHISHAW

Intention Slides Theatre
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Dark Jobs Struggle
I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
BEN WHISHAW

Character Opportunity Play
I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
BEN WHISHAW

States Thinking World

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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