I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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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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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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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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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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 think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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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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 reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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