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.
BEN WHISHAWIn 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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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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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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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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I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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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’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 that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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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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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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I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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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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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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