I think if actors don’t think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can’t do comedy. BEN BARNES ActorsRealThinking
I only remember the end of my dreams, like waking up at a steering wheel, or falling. BEN BARNES DreamEndFallRememberWake
Most actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it’s one of the most simple forms of storytelling. BEN BARNES ActorHistoricalSimple
My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist. BEN BARNES DadDoctorsProfessor
When I was at school, I was in choirs more than anything else, from a very young age, about 9 years old. And then I started taking drum lessons. BEN BARNES AgeSchoolYears
I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff. BEN BARNES AgePlayYears
Sexuality is a topic that has huge shifts in -society. Attitudes toward different sexualities change, but the actual sexuality of a human being is something that’s consistent, and it’s consistently interesting, and so people write about it. BEN BARNES AttitudePeopleWriting
I have done lots of music projects in my life and some of them I am more proud of than others. BEN BARNES DoneProjectProud
I don’t really know who I am as an actor: the best thing would be to experiment with it for the next 30 years and never really find out. BEN BARNES ActorExperimentKnowOut
I don’t really see the point in making a film unless you can think of a good reason to do it. BEN BARNES FilmReasonThinking
When you’re doing a film, people are always telling you exactly what to do. Literally, your own decisions are taken away from you. BEN BARNES DecisionPeopleTaken
I can’t run. I start getting twinges. If I were filmed running, it would be awful. BEN BARNES AwfulFilmRunning
Maybe Oliver Stone doesn’t lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time. BEN BARNES DoeFirstsStones
We live in a youth-obsessed, aesthetically obsessed culture. That is no more evident than in the film industry. BEN BARNES CultureFilmYouth
