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.
BEN WHISHAWI 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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Even today, England is a very repressed, repressive country, and there’s pressure to be kind of a certain way, so people do things that ultimately make them sad.
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When 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.
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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 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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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 find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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 anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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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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For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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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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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 find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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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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I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
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