I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
BEN WHISHAWFor me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I wish that the arts were better supported, and you can’t say that enough times, but I also believe that whatever happens, artists will keep going.
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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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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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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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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 reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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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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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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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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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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 think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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