Ben Whishaw

I think that sometimes in theater, I don't prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.

— 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…

— Ben Whishaw

As an actor, you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don't see why that…

— Ben Whishaw

I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.

— 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…

— Ben Whishaw

I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.

— Ben Whishaw

I'm really hopeless with technology - I don't even have a computer.

— 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'd like to have a go at directing.

— Ben Whishaw

When you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way - they make you look at…

— Ben Whishaw

I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I've been cast.

— 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,…

— 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…

— Ben Whishaw

I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not.

— Ben Whishaw

I don’t think that actors are necessarily any more uncomfortable in their skin than anyone else. I suppose I feel more comfortable…

— Ben Whishaw

Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.

— Ben Whishaw

I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.

— Ben Whishaw

One of the things I find very difficult about theatre is the repetition - that something can slide away from your original…

— Ben Whishaw

The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time…

— Ben Whishaw

I've been out to LA a couple of times but, over there, the Grenouille in me always comes to the surface. I…

— 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

Dustin Hoffman takes such pleasure in what he does and there's nothing tense about him. He exudes joy and passion for what…

— Ben Whishaw

I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel... I sort of get very excited…

— Ben Whishaw

I don't think I am especially interested in celebrities, but I love talking about what is going on with people and why…

— Ben Whishaw

I'm a fairly private person.

— Ben Whishaw