One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.
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.
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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’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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I always feel I am in the dark. You are never finished… it is not as if you can look back and think: ah… I know what I am talking about. You are only as good as your last job and are always struggling and striving and you never quite get to where you want to be.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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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 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 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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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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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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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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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