My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
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.
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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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When you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way – they make you look at the world in a different way.
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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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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.
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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’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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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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 find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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.
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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.
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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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It’s fun to pretend you’re good at something you know you wouldn’t be good at in real life.
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