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 make them sad. – Ben Whishaw
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. – Ben Whishaw
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
I love taking on other people’s words. They are much more interesting to me than my own. – Ben Whishaw
I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I’m still fascinated by those things. – Ben Whishaw
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. – Ben Whishaw
The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the cafe 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
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. – Ben Whishaw
I’ve gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing. – Ben Whishaw
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. – Ben Whishaw
I don’t think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they? – Ben Whishaw
I think that sometimes in theater, I don’t prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals. – Ben Whishaw
It’s fun to pretend you’re good at something you know you wouldn’t be good at in real life. – Ben Whishaw
The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws. – Ben Whishaw
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. – 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 Whishaw
The thing I love most about acting is that your capacity evolves as you evolve as a human being. – 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
