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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.

Ben Whishaw

I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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Anything Hard Interesting Say
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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Knack Littles Wizard
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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Bind Country Fabvorite Rehersal
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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Actors Character Trying
I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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Cast Lot Thin Thinking
I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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Gone Regimes Workout
I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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States Thinking World
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
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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Dark Jobs Struggle
I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
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Overcoming People Trying
I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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Character Opportunity Play
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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Intention Slides Theatre
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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Eye Rights Understanding
I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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Knows People Want
I’d like to have a go at directing.
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Action Directing Go
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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Finding Looks People Yourself

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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