Ben Whishaw feels sorry for celebrities who are "mobbed" everywhere they go.
The 32-year-old actor still tries to live a normal private life despite his growing fame – which has increased since he played Q in the latest James Bond film ‘Skyfall’ – and he has a great deal of sympathy for stars who can’t escape the limelight, such as Kristen Stewart.
He said: "I just keep myself to myself, mostly. Perhaps that’s why people don’t see me as this larger-than-life … celebrity.
"I do get stopped on the street, and they always have something lovely to say. Someone was talking to me about that poor girl in the ‘Twilight’ films, Kristen. I wouldn’t like that. Not at all. Living in hotel rooms and being mobbed. A terrible state of existing. Terrible."
Ben had a great time shooting his debut 007 adventure with Daniel Craig but he was most excited when he first
Dame Judi Dench, who plays MI6 boss M in the films.
Their first encounter happened at the movie’s world premiere in London last October because they never met on set.
Speaking to online men’s fashion journal Mr Porter – which he modeled for – Ben said: "We actually never met on set for Bond, Judi and I. I think it was at the premiere that we first managed to say hello to one another properly.
"That whole Bond experience pretty much blew my mind – if only for my realization of the insatiable global appetite for James Bond. His legacy will go on far longer than any of ours."