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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.

Ben Whishaw

It’s fun to pretend you’re good at something you know you wouldn’t be good at in real life.
BEN WHISHAW

Be Good Fun Real
I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
BEN WHISHAW

Sides Two Typical
I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
BEN WHISHAW

Neurasthenic Not Really Torture
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
BEN WHISHAW

Anonymity Important Levels
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Dark Jobs Struggle
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Acting Character Stories
I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
BEN WHISHAW

Lovely Something Stopped Streets
I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
BEN WHISHAW

Rehearsal Sometimes Thinking
I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
BEN WHISHAW

Overcoming People Trying
I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
BEN WHISHAW

Cast Lot Thin Thinking
I’ve been out to LA a couple of times but, over there, the Grenouille in me always comes to the surface. I feel completely terrified, totally flummoxed, like I don’t understand what the hell is going on. I’ve no desire at all to go back there.
BEN WHISHAW

Couple Desire Hell
I don’t think I am especially interested in celebrities, but I love talking about what is going on with people and why they do what they do.
BEN WHISHAW

People Talking Thinking
I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
BEN WHISHAW

Computer Hopeless Technology
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Actors Character Trying
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
BEN WHISHAW

Cat Good Life Pretty
I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
BEN WHISHAW

Knack Littles Wizard

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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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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