Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
BEN WHISHAWMy intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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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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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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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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The thing about acting is that it’s fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what’s given to you.
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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 do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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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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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’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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 think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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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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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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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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