I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
BEN WHISHAWI love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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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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.
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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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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.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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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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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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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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My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
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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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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’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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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 find it weird that people want to know about you.
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