I’m not an overnight success. I’ve been doing it for 12 years. It’s been lovely and varied so far.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’ve turned up to costume parties in the wrong costume. I’ve made social faux pas a plenty. I’ve put one foot in front of the other and fallen over.
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I remember very clearly someone saying, ‘Don’t shake hands with the cactus,’ and I thought, ‘Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?’ Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.
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I was never geeky about anything.
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Honestly, it’s very satisfying, and I’m very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been… It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying now.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHHonestly, it’s very satisfying, and I’m very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been… It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying now.
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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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHScott 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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI 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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My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
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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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHDoctors 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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When are you ever settled enough to have kids?
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Live a life less ordinary.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHLive a life less ordinary.
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I’m a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’m a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.
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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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThere’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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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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Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It’s a miracle, it is magic.
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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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHKevin 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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Not that i had a big arse but even that was toned.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHNot that i had a big arse but even that was toned.
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