Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
BEN WHISHAWI reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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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 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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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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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 find it weird that people want to know about you.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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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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 used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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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’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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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 am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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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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