I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person’s soul.
BEN WHISHAWI 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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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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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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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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 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 love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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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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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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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I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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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 think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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