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I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
Ben Whishaw
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Ben Whishaw
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: October 14
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Clifton
Bedfordshire
Benjamin John Whishaw
Benjamin Whishaw
Ben John Whishaw
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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.
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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 think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.
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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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For me, it's important to keep a level of anonymity.
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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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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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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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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.
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The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
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My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
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I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
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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 used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
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Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
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I find it weird that people want to know about you.
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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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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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