I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
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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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 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 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 find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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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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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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 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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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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