My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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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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 don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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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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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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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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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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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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