Ben Whishaw Quotes
I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think that my work is very moralistic - at least, I try to avoid that. I grew up with that sermonising tendency, and I don't think visual work operates like that.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react to certain characters and story lines and specific mode of filmmaking.
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My favorite weekend activity is riding bikes to breakfast.
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'EastEnders' has been wonderful to me and it's no secret that it changed my life all of those years ago. I'll be so sad to leave Peggy behind; she's such a wonderful character to play. I have had the pleasure of working with a marvelous cast and crew and have made many lasting good friends.
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Seriously, some Americans just shouldn't leave the country.
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I literally in the New York flea market - just when I was despairing of ever having a great serendipitous find - found a 1926 Chanel.
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I've become very, very liberal as far as war is concerned. It's just too terrible. I've been to wars and I've seen what happens. I know what it is to be hurt, and it's nothing compared to these guys. To be blind for the rest of your life. To have prosthetic limbs.
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Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home.
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It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.
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Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman.
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I pretty much look like an identical twin of my mom.
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Hollywood, that whole industry, is a lot like a really small town. You bump into the same people all the time. I think Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon can be played with anyone and everyone in Hollywood.
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If you don't look good, we don't look good.
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I'm as honest as I can be.
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If John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan could negotiate with the Soviet Union, then surely a strong and confident America can negotiate with less powerful adversaries today.
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Maybe my life isn't all that interesting but at least I'm busy. Busy doesn't mean happy. I know that. But at least I'm not bored. Being bored is the worst.
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As an actor, you express certain things because they need to be expressed, and then you don't really feel a need to do it again. I want to feel something else, you know?
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With drooping shouldersThe majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed likeStony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.
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The world was full of beauty. She wanted to grab hold of it and take it down into her bones. Yet always it seemed beyond her grasp. Sometimes only by a little, like now. The thinnest membrane. Usually, though, by miles. She couldn’t expect to be that kind of happy all the time. She knew that. But sometimes you could. Sometimes you should be allowed a tiny bit of joy that should stay with you for more than five minutes. That wasn’t too much to ask. To have a moment like this, and be able to hold on to it. To cross that membrane, and feel alive.
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I fully support the NOH8 campaign and all it stands for and am proud to be a part of it. But I stand by my husband's stance on DADT.
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I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
