Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
BEN WHISHAWOne 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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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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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’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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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’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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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 don’t think I am especially interested in celebrities, but I love talking about what is going on with people and why they do what they 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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good 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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I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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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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