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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.

Ben Whishaw

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
What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they’re great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.
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Bigs Ideas People
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
I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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Sides Two Typical
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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Character Different Looks
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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Able Actors Levels
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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Filmmaker Human Nature Stories
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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Art Soul Thinking
My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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Intuition Stuff Thinking
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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Film Love Music Stories
I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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Neurasthenic Not Really Torture
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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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Painters Sculptors Stills
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’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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Gone Regimes Workout

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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