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.
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.
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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.
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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 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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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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 used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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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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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 reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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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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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 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 love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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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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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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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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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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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’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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