Ben Whishaw Quotes

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Ben Whishaw

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 14, 1980

Even today, England is a very repressed, repressive country, and there's pressure to be kind of a certain way, so people do things that ultimately make them sad.

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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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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.

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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 love taking on other people's words. They are much more interesting to me than my own.

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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 think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.

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I think that sometimes in theater, I don't prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.

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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 find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.

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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 used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.

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I'm a fairly private person.

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I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.

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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 don't think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?

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I was quite a shy child - not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.

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The thing I love most about acting is that your capacity evolves as you evolve as a human being.

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One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition - that something can slide away from your original intentions.

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I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.

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