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 you.
Ben WhishawEven 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 WhishawI 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 don't think I am especially interested in celebrities, but I love talking about what is going on with people and why they do what they do.
Ben Whishaw