I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
BEN WHISHAWYour 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.
More Ben Whishaw Quotes
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I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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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 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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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
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I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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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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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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I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
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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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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
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I 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.
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