I’m not very geeky. I’m quite homespun. I would say I’m more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log fires and whiskey
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHYou let things run in order to have some sanity and be able to do your work and not feel pre-judged.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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I’d love to do a noir. I think Steve McQueen is so cool. But a classic film is a classic film, and perhaps the fantasy of being those characters should be left alone. You’re treading on very thin ice.
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I’ve done a bit of live action before but the fight sequences, the wire work and the physical regime were taken to another level [ in Doctor Strange].
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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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If I’d had fame early on, I’d have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.
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You’d have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].
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Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can’t stop, and you’ve got so many stories to look forward to.
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I’ve never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you’re painting on a very big canvas.
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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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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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You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It’s made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.
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Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
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I feel that TV and film feed off each other well. It’s more in the perception of the viewer than it is of the actor.
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There’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.
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[Season 4 of Sherlock Holmes will be] myopically dark. You’re talking about the end of the universe darkness. You can’t see in front of you and would walk into everything dark.
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It’s difficult because nothing’s preordained by plan and you can’t control it. That’s one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.
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[Doctor Strange] gets scraped off the floor and then thrown right down to hell again and then slowly pulls himself back up.
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Not that i had a big arse but even that was toned.
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There’s so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.
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I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.
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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.
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I ate healthily, but there was no snacking, no drinking, no bread, no sugar, no smoking. Afterwards I had a pork belly roast.
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Metaphorically speaking, it’s easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should take time to notice, enjoy and help each other.
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Lines are very difficult to learn.
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Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they’ve been really good fun.
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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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All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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