I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
BEN WHISHAWI’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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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 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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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 the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
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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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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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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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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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