I was the boy that turned a girlfriend into the most celebrated lesbian on television. I got so much stick for that.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHDoctor Strange is an origin story so there’s a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving.
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Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don’t see yourself.
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I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.
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It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying.
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I like to think that we’re revolving on this planet and revolving through the galaxy. I love having context that’s so much bigger than I can fathom. It’s fantastic to realise how insignificant you are.
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One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
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We should have a conversation when we hang up.
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[Sherlock Holmes] has moved from being someone who was sociopathic, work-obsessed and slightly amoral, into being someone who has a certain degree of a private life, which is very, very private, with The Woman, or Irene Adler.
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I’m interested in art for all. I don’t want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays.
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I’m a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.
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I’m aware of [Doctor Strange] place within the comic pantheon of it all, the Marvelverse, but I don’t email saying, “When are we doing next film?” I’m excited to see.
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The more charming person is the person who admits the other person is more charming.
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I want to be better at staying connected.
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When you’re a kid, ‘Star Trek’ is a slower burn. It’s funny, it’s entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it – which is its universal appeal, I think.
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I’d shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it’s the same with that.
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