I 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 WhishawI can be shy, but Iโm not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
Ben WhishawKeats 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 WhishawI think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.
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 Whishaw