One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.
BEN WHISHAWI’d like to have a go at directing.
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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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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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 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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I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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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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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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I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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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 was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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