I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
BEN WHISHAWI reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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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 find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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’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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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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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 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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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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