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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.

Ben Whishaw

For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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Background Children Shy
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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Overcoming People Trying
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
I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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Neurasthenic Not Really Torture
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 think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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Cast Lot Thin Thinking
I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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Character Opportunity Play
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
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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People Reaction Simplicity
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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Knack Littles Wizard
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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People Talking Thinking
The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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Criminals Flaws Justice
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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Acting Day End Past
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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Preparation Rehearsal Shooting
I’d like to have a go at directing.
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Action Directing Go

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