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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

I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person’s soul.
BEN WHISHAW

Art Soul Thinking
I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
BEN WHISHAW

Gone Regimes Workout
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
When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I’d be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn’t. I didn’t get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I’d better train and then the parts would come.
BEN WHISHAW

Able Actors Levels
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
BEN WHISHAW

Anonymity Important Levels
I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
BEN WHISHAW

States Thinking World
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 am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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Sides Two Typical
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
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’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
BEN WHISHAW

Computer Hopeless Technology
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.
BEN WHISHAW

Acting Day End Past
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
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

Preparation Rehearsal Shooting
One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.
BEN WHISHAW

Intention Slides Theatre
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

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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