Ben Whishaw Quotes

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.

I'm an actor and I'm able to do a lot of things and play a lot of characters.

All that acting and all that stuff and emoting and crap will come after you know what you're doing. So when you get - when I get on stage, I don't have to think about it.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how you're gonna get out of it. It's like the exact opposite of war, where you need an exit strategy. When you're acting, you should get all the way into trouble with no exit strategy, and have the cameras rolling.

I don't think of myself as an actress. I still think I'm fannying around in my mum's front room.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.

I never did drama in high school or anything like that. I just kind of fell into it after college, and I pursued it on my own.

For me, acting was something I fell into.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the end of the day that's what I love.

I'm an actor. Whether I'm on stage, in front of a camera or a microphone, what I do is the same - although with videogames it requires a lot of imagination.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

I don't have actor training myself.

I hardly knew anything when I first arrived. I had to learn how to act as I went along. After about a year I got a grip on what acting was all about and it started coming straight from my heart; I wasn't just saying the words any longer.

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

My singing led into acting, and that is how I discovered acting.

Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities to rehearse. And it's important to rehearse, because it gives you the possibility to try things which are not good!

I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. I think any stage experience is good experience, as far as being an actor is concerned.

As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.

I'd always dabbled in acting.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

I kind of dwindled into acting.