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 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 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’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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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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 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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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 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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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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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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