For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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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.
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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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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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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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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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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’d like to have a go at directing.
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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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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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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’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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