I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
BEN WHISHAWI’d like to have a go at directing.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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 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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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 don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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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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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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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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 do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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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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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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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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