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In 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.

Ben Whishaw

I’d like to have a go at directing.
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Action Directing Go
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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Filmmaker Human Nature Stories
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
I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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Sides Two Typical
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
I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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Degrees Insecurity Thinking
I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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Neurasthenic Not Really Torture
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
I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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Painters Sculptors Stills
I always feel I am in the dark. You are never finished… it is not as if you can look back and think: ah… I know what I am talking about. You are only as good as your last job and are always struggling and striving and you never quite get to where you want to be.
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Dark Jobs Struggle
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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Art Soul Thinking
I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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Knows People Want
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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Intuition Stuff Thinking
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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People Reaction Simplicity
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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Always New Something Stimulate Twice

In 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.

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In 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.

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