I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.
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I’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.
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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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I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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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.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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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.
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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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I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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.
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