I donโt think that actors are necessarily any more uncomfortable in their skin than anyone else. I suppose I feel more comfortable in my skin now, but youโre always playing a character, arenโt you? You tell different versions of yourself to different people and vice versa. Here, or in the photo shoot or wherever, itโs a representation of you. Itโs not you-you. Thatโs how you get through it.
Ben WhishawI would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.
Ben WhishawI do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
Ben Whishaw