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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.

Ben Whishaw

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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Acting Day End Past
I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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States Thinking World
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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Overcoming People Trying
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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People Talking Thinking
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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Eye Rights Understanding
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
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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Intention Slides Theatre
I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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Cast Lot Thin Thinking
I’d like to have a go at directing.
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Action Directing Go
I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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Computer Hopeless Technology
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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Finding Looks People Yourself
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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Cat Good Life Pretty
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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Ambition Oscars Winning
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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People Reaction Simplicity
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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Acting Character Stories
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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Be Good Fun Real

I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.

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