My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
BEN WHISHAWDustin 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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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Even today, England is a very repressed, repressive country, and there’s pressure to be kind of a certain way, so people do things that ultimately make them sad.
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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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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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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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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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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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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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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 am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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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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