As an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don’t see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities.
BEN WHISHAWI would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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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 used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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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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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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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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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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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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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I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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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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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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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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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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