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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
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Ben Whishaw
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: October 14
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Film Actor
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Clifton
Bedfordshire
Benjamin John Whishaw
Benjamin Whishaw
Ben John Whishaw
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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 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 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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