Lines are very difficult to learn.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI think it’s fair to say that, yeah, I’m playing Doctor Strange, I get there.
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Maybe it’s because I was an only child, but I’ve always wanted kids.
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I got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was actually describing on twitter what I was doing. ‘I took a shirt off, I went to the window, I put a shirt back on… ‘ And I’ve got blinds in my flat!
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Even though Doctor Strange is an established character, when you’re doing an origin story there’s a lot of room for manoeuvre.
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People’s hands fascinate me. It’s tempting to look at a businessman’s left hand and see if there’s an indentation from a missing wedding ring. Or maybe there’s a tan line and the skin is pressed down where’s he’s worked a ring off his finger.
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Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
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There’s no shame in stealing – any actor who says he doesn’t is lying. You steal from everything.
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[Doctor Strange ] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he’s very loved by people who know him.
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Kevin Feige said to me: “I don’t think we’ve ever put an actor through quite as much as this, physically and mentally.” I’ll wear that as a badge of honour. It was endless.
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Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they’ve been really good fun.
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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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I tell my wife all my secrets.
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It’s always important to have the blessing.
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As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.
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When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don’t really want to talk about it, because you have this innate sense of guilt that it’s not fair that others aren’t doing exactly what you’re doing. I do have that.
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Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that.
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