I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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 think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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Even today, England is a very repressed, repressive country, and there’s pressure to be kind of a certain way, so people do things that ultimately make them sad.
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Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.
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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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Dustin Hoffman also never does the same thing twice which is totally stimulating because you’re always getting something new from him. You never really know what he’s going to do next, so you have to be on your toes.
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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 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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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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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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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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