I keep myself amused and others confused
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHIf 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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We all want to escape our circumstances, don’t we? Especially if you are an actor.
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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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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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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 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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Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
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Sherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don’t think he’s one of them. He uses similar means, but it seems to be for a better purpose, one would hope.
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I’ve always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.
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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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One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
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Scott Derrickson breathes humour into a character with a very strong identity in the ’60s and ’70s, that psychedelia era of Eastern mysticism meeting the West.
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I am shortsighted. I need glasses for watching movies or concerts. It’s not a hipster affectation; I do have poor eyesight. This is how ridiculous my life is: I’ve had the test for contact lenses, but I haven’t found a half-day where I can go to the optician.
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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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I love doing impersonations of people.
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