I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
BEN WHISHAWMy 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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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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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 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 don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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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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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 think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
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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’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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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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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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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 find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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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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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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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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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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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 love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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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