Words matter. These are the best Ben Whishaw Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.
I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
The thing I love most about acting is that your capacity evolves as you evolve as a human being.
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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.
The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
I’m a fairly private person.
For me, it’s important to keep a level of anonymity.
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.
One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.
The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you’re always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You’re always protected.
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.
I love taking on other people’s words. They are much more interesting to me than my own.
I’m not tortured and neurasthenic – I’m really not.
I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.
I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?
We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.
I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.
I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.
When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I’d be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn’t. I didn’t get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I’d better train and then the parts would come.
