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.
BEN WHISHAWWe 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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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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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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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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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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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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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 used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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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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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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