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.
BEN WHISHAWIn 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.
BEN WHISHAWKeats 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.
BEN WHISHAWWhat 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.
BEN WHISHAWFilmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
BEN WHISHAWThe criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
BEN WHISHAWI’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
BEN WHISHAWI 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.
BEN WHISHAWI don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
BEN WHISHAWMy favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’
BEN WHISHAWAs 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.
BEN WHISHAWI was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
BEN WHISHAWI love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.
BEN WHISHAWI can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
BEN WHISHAWWhen you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way – they make you look at the world in a different way.
BEN WHISHAWDustin 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 would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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