My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
BEN WHISHAWThe 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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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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I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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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’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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.
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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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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 think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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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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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.
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I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.
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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 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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