“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. … Read More
“I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.” Ben Whishaw
“What I notice about people who are gifted in filmmaking is that they’re great thinkers. They engage with big ideas and they engage with people.” … Read More
“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 … Read More
“I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing.” Ben Whishaw
“I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.” Ben Whishaw
“I love the characters I’ve had the opportunity to play.” Ben Whishaw
“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 … Read More
“I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I’ve been cast.” Ben Whishaw
“I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?” Ben Whishaw
“The thing about acting is that it’s fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what’s given to … Read More
“I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things.” Ben Whishaw
“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 … Read More
“My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.” Ben Whishaw
“I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.” Ben Whishaw
“I’m really hopeless with technology – I don’t even have a computer.” Ben Whishaw
“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.” … Read More
“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 … Read More
“My favorite Bond films are the really early ones, the first ones in fact, like ‘Dr. No’ and ‘From Russia with Love.’” Ben Whishaw
“One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition – that something can slide away from your original intentions.” Ben … Read More
