Ben Whishaw Quotes

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• The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.

  Ben Whishaw

  Justice, Criminals, Flaws

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Ben Whishaw

  Art, Thinking, Soul

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.

  Ben Whishaw

  People, Trying, Overcoming

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• The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the café 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.

  Ben Whishaw

  People, Finding Yourself, Looks

  "Interview: Actor Ben Whishaw on 'Cloud Atlas' + Playing Q in 'Skyfall'". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. October 31, 2012.

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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.

  Ben Whishaw

  Couple, Desire, Hell

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Ben Whishaw

  Choices, Certainty In Life, Next

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don’t think that actors are necessarily any more uncomfortable in their skin than anyone else. I suppose I feel more comfortable in my skin now, but you’re always playing a character, aren’t you? You tell different versions of yourself to different people and vice versa. Here, or in the photo shoot or wherever, it’s a representation of you. It’s not you-you. That’s how you get through it.

  Ben Whishaw

  Character, Thinking, People

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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.

  Ben Whishaw

  Eye, Rights, Understanding

  "Ben Whishaw: Mysterious Skin". Interview with Gareth Mclean, www.out.com. March 27, 2011.

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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.

  Ben Whishaw

  Knack, Wizards, Littles

  "Ben Whishaw: Hold the front page" by Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2011.

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• I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.

  Ben Whishaw

  Lovely, Streets

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Ben Whishaw

  Interesting, Say Anything, Hard

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". labs.imdb.com.

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• I find it weird that people want to know about you.

  Ben Whishaw

  People, Want, Knows

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not.

  Ben Whishaw

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.

  Ben Whishaw

  Stories, Human Nature, Filmmaker

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.

  Ben Whishaw

  Two Sides, Two, Typical

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.

  Ben Whishaw

  Good Life, Cat

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Ben Whishaw

  Jobs, Struggle, Dark

  "Ben Whishaw: 'I feel I'm always in the dark' - interview". Interview With Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2013.

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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.

  Ben Whishaw

  Fun, Real, Be Good

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm really hopeless with technology - I don't even have a computer.

  Ben Whishaw

  Technology, Hopeless, Computer

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Ben Whishaw

  Art, Believe, Wish

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Ben Whishaw

  Painter, Stills, Sculptors

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". labs.imdb.com.

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• Dustin Hoffman takes such pleasure in what he does and there's nothing tense about him. He exudes joy and passion for what he's doing and that infects everyone. It certainly put me at ease coming to work with him every day. I felt his confidence and freedom rubbed off. He doesn't censor himself or stop an idea because he thinks it might be wrong.

  Ben Whishaw

  Passion, Thinking, Joy

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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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.

  Ben Whishaw

  Thinking, Talking, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Ben Whishaw

  Thinking, Intuition, Stuff

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Ben Whishaw

  Theatre, Slides, Intention

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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