I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
BEN WHISHAWI’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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I’d like to have a go at directing.
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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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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 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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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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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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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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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.
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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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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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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 am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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The thing about acting is that it’s fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what’s given to you.
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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 love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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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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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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I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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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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