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.
BEN WHISHAWI find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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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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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
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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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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 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 don’t have any ambition to make lots of money or win an Oscar or anything like that. It’s not about that for me.
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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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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 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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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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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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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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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 do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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