In film, I find it very useful always to do some preparation before you start rehearsals or start shooting, because there’s so much that’s against you on a film set.
BEN WHISHAWWhat 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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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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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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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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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 think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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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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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.
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One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.
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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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I always feel I am in the dark. You are never finished… it is not as if you can look back and think: ah… I know what I am talking about. You are only as good as your last job and are always struggling and striving and you never quite get to where you want to be.
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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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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 criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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