I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
BEN WHISHAWThe 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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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’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.
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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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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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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 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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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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 think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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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 am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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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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