Ben Whishaw Quotes
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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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 love taking on other people's words. They are much more interesting to me than my own.
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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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The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the cafe or something doing something weird. It's amazing what people do, isn't it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.
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I wish that the arts were better supported, and you can't say that enough times, but I also believe that whatever happens, artists will keep going.
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I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
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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.
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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 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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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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I think that sometimes in theater, I don't prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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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'd like to have a go at directing.
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For me, it's important to keep a level of anonymity.
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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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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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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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I don't think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
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What 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.
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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.
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I don't think I am especially interested in celebrities, but I love talking about what is going on with people and why they do what they do.