I don’t 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 you’re always playing a character, aren’t you? You tell different versions of yourself to different people and vice versa. Here, or in the photo shoot or wherever, it’s a representation of you. It’s not you-you. That’s how you get through it.
Ben WhishawWe are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.
Ben WhishawWhen you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way - they make you look at the world in a different way.
Ben WhishawYour one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.
Ben WhishawIt's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life.
Ben Whishaw