I suppose my bodily proportions are quite flattering. I’m ripped, doing something I wouldn’t normally do with my body, or having done to it, involving Watson.
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More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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I realised quite early on that, although I wasn’t trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals.
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There’s a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.
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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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My massive motivation in life is to make parents proud. But even that has to stop at a point.
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Even though my parents experiences were different from mine. I wasn’t a child actor brat; I didn’t travel with them in the circuit. But I got a look into their world, so I did know what I was getting into, to an extent. And they are a constant source of grounding.
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It’s an interesting arc. You start with a character [Doctor Strange] who’s likeable and charming but very arrogant and distant. He’s funny but you can see there are massive holes in his life. It’s a very painful transition and all that he becomes is tested so quickly and violently.
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I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don’t need.
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Cumberbatch – it sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn’t it? What a fluffy old name. I can never say it on a Monday morning. When I became an actor, Mum wasn’t keen on me keeping it.
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If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people’s expectations, then you can go mad.
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Maybe it’s because I was an only child, but I’ve always wanted kids.
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Doctors and nurses do crazy hours and keep an ideal afloat through the love and care that they have for their craft and their patients and the institution of the NHS. We should be very proud of it.
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Mystique is rare now, isn’t it? There aren’t that many enigmas in this modern world.
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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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When you freefall for 7,000 feet it doesn’t feel like you’re falling: it feels like you’re floating, a bit like scuba diving.
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I’ll always do ‘Sherlock’ – it’s something I’m not going to give up on.
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I think it’s fair to say that, yeah, I’m playing Doctor Strange, I get there.
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I want to do it all. I want to climb mountains, go through jungles, fight wars in space, get the girl, shoot the bad-guy full of lead, have all the zippy one liners, bulge muscles out of a singlet, drip sweat and blood on screen, all of that.
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The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
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If you can’t jump on board when the ride’s going past that’s it, it usually goes by, so the hugest compliment they paid me was to come back to me. It motivated me to try to fulfill their faith.
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I’ve said for quite a long time I’d like him to have a different haircut. I quite like my hair being short. You know, we’ve been away two years, let’s f*** around with his outfit, let’s f*** around with his haircut, let’s do something different.
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Marvel always make it fresh so you can give it your personal twist.
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[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.
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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’ve been broody since I was 12, but I can’t just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.
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The world of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.
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