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.
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.
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My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
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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’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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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 think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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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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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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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 can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
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