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I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.

Ben Whishaw

I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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Sides Two Typical
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
My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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Intuition Stuff Thinking
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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Finding Looks People Yourself
One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.
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Intention Slides Theatre
I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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Degrees Insecurity Thinking
It’s fun to pretend you’re good at something you know you wouldn’t be good at in real life.
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Be Good Fun Real
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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Acting Day End Past
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
I wish that the arts were better supported, and you can’t say that enough times, but I also believe that whatever happens, artists will keep going.
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Art Believe Wish
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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Cat Good Life Pretty
When you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way – they make you look at the world in a different way.
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Character Different Looks
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
I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.
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Film Love Music Stories
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.
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Ambition Oscars Winning
I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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Background Children Shy

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