Keats himself spoke about how Shakespeare was capable of erasing himself completely from the characters he had created. As an actor, that is what I’m trying to do.
BEN WHISHAWWhen 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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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 can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
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As an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don’t see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities.
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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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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you’re always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You’re always protected.
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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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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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I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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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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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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