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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.

Ben Whishaw

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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Knack Littles Wizard
I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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Computer Hopeless Technology
I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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Degrees Insecurity Thinking
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.
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Able Actors Levels
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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Intuition Stuff Thinking
We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.
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People Reaction Simplicity
I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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Lovely Something Stopped Streets
I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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Background Children Shy
The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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Criminals Flaws Justice
I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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Anything Hard Interesting Say
I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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Character Opportunity Play
I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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Gone Regimes Workout
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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People Talking Thinking
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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Acting Character Stories
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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Overcoming People Trying

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