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.
BEN WHISHAWI think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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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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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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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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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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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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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 don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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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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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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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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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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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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