One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.
BEN WHISHAW- 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 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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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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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 was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
BEN WHISHAWI was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
BEN WHISHAWI would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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.
BEN WHISHAWWhen 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’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
BEN WHISHAWI think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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As an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don’t see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities.
BEN WHISHAWAs an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don’t see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities.
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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 do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
BEN WHISHAWI do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
BEN WHISHAWFilmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
BEN WHISHAWMy intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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