When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I’d be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn’t. I didn’t get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I’d better train and then the parts would come.
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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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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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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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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 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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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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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 used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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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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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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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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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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