It’s the same thing, I think, whether it’s breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThere’s another weight of us being in the public eye, which is this presumption that, because your work and your promotion work is very public, your private life should be, too.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.
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I don’t live beyond my means. I enjoy luxury and I enjoy the privilege of it, when I can afford it, and I’m in the situation where it’s been given to me, but I’m very conscious of what is wasteful.
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I haven’t done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you’re most recently famed for, so I’m careful of not repeating myself.
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I think playing any iconic role when you’re stepping into big shoes, into the shadow of people who have come before you and you can’t process that.
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I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I’m here to tell you I’m quite the opposite in real life. In fact I’m a f**king fantastic lover.
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My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had in my head from the written word. It gave me a passion for reading, thanks to my dad’s performance of the book.
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It’s very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
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I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.
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We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
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I have an appetite for the normal in my life, as well as the abnormal.
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I’m not an overnight success. I’ve been doing it for 12 years. It’s been lovely and varied so far.
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You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.
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I’m very excited about all the offers and interest and support pouring in through crowd-funding, and about having a lovely gap coming up when I’ll finally be able to sit down with books and scripts and talk to my partners about how we take the company forward.
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I just increasingly enjoy the quiet moments when I can be on my own with my friends and family, or with a book, having a live experience. That’s really what I crave, and I always have done.
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The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it’s not all about him.
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