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.
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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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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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’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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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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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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 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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I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.
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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.
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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 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 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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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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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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