I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
BEN WHISHAWI am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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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 don’t have any ambition to make lots of money or win an Oscar or anything like that. It’s not about that for me.
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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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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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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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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Dustin Hoffman also never does the same thing twice which is totally stimulating because you’re always getting something new from him. You never really know what he’s going to do next, so you have to be on your toes.
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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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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’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’d like to have a go at directing.
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