I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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 find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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 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 was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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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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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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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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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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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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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I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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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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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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