“When you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a str...” — Ben Whishaw Quote

When 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.

I was quite a shy child - not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.

Even 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.

I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.

I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.

'24' is not an anti-government show, really. We've always relied on Jack to fight for the greater good in his own way, and at times, '24' is very patriotic. For me personally, I definitely pay attention to things in a different way.

Certain people like the way I make films, and others do not. I've come to terms with the fact that there's no other way I can make films. If I tried to do it in a different way, it would never work.

I knew Portuguese football and I knew that Rio Ave was a medium-sized club but I also knew they are organised off the pitch. We felt that we could achieve something special playing in a different way.

After the situation with Kursk submarine, I started looking at Mr. Berezovsky in a completely different way. For me, it was a turning point in our relationship. I think that he took a completely dishonorable position.