I’m always playing characters with intellects profoundly superior to mine. That’s great fun, even though it’s as much a fantasy for me as for the people watching me.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHWhen 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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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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Sometimes being away, on location, I feel like I’m away for much of my own life. I want to be better at staying connected.
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Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you’re Royalty.
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I was never geeky about anything.
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I want to be better at staying connected.
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One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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This is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven’t really experienced any of that. Everyone’s been really happy for me, which is really, really great.
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Actor is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven’t really experienced any of that. Everyone’s been really happy for me, which is really, really great.
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Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It’s a miracle, it is magic.
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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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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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Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they’ve been really good fun.
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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’ve been reading the books. It’s the origination, it’s the primary source. You should always go back to the books.
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[Doctor Strange] is a really rich character. It’s an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It’s great. Yeah, I’m excited.
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