I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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 don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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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 think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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’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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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 used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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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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 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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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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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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