I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
BEN WHISHAWI would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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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I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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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’d like to have a go at directing.
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