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.
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 don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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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