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 WHISHAWI am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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 think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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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’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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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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I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the café or something doing something weird. It’s amazing what people do, isn’t it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.
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