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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.

Ben Whishaw

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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Couple Desire Hell
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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Character Different Looks
I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.
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Character Opportunity Play
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
The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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Criminals Flaws Justice
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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Anonymity Important Levels
When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I’d be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn’t. I didn’t get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I’d better train and then the parts would come.
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Able Actors Levels
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 find it weird that people want to know about you.
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Knows People Want
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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Preparation Rehearsal Shooting
I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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Background Children Shy
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
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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Always New Something Stimulate Twice
I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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Lovely Something Stopped Streets
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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Acting Day End Past
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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Ambition Oscars Winning

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