Ben Whishaw Quotes

That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.

I think I am looking as an actor to find ways to push myself into places I haven't been before as a human being.

My goal is to play characters that I feel I can contribute to and also ones I can contribute back to my life.

One of the reasons I took up acting was to learn to be more human, to get in touch with human emotions.

Acting-wise, I'm way more comfortable finding out new things about the actor in me and RJ as a person. There's a lot of new nuggets that I can dip in the sauce.

I'm fascinated with acting now. In retrospect, I was only beginning to chip off the tip of the iceberg with how far I can go or what I was exploring inside of me that I hadn't touched in a while as far as emotional headspaces.

As an actor, I don't really think you find yourself. I mean, once you find yourself, I think it becomes boring and you become set in your ways. I think, as an actor I think it's not a bad thing but more of a gift. It's something you're always doing as an actor. You're adjusting constantly.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

People say that they like the characters that they believe that I am. But, I don't as much. I like the characters that I believe that I am not. Like my role on 'Law and Order.' That character unnerved people. And I loved every second of it. I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.

As an actor, you express certain things because they need to be expressed, and then you don't really feel a need to do it again. I want to feel something else, you know?

I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.

I just want to do shows because you get to see, over all the seasons, the person grow, and you get to grow with the character. That transformation, for me, is what I love about my job. I get to learn about myself and challenge myself and grow with the character. For me, it's a whole process of learning and growing.

I think the better actor I am, the better person I become.

A really fun part of getting to be an actor is exploring those parts of yourself that you wouldn't otherwise explore.

What I use when I'm acting comes from what I learn about myself.

I wish to continue to essay roles that will help me find my place in the audience's hearts.

I hope that I'm also maturing emotionally as a human being as things go on.

Instead of focusing on my looks I focus on the character that I am playing.

I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so sometimes I do it to just be away in a certain area that I've never been to. But mostly, the story has to do something for me.

This is going to sound pretentious and esoteric, but I truly mean it from the bottom of my heart. Acting has always been a spiritual journey for me. The very first project I ever acted on paralleled my experience so perfectly even before I was aware of it.

In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.

I love theatre because it's just me and the audience. It's the litmus test in acting, to be able to sustain a performance over one, two or three hours.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found.

To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful.