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.
BEN WHISHAWMy favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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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 don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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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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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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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 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 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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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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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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Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.
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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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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’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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