If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people’s expectations, then you can go mad.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHAny irrational fears?no, i’m quite a rationalist. i’m not superstitious, i think life is too full of natural wonders and logical complexities to worry about illogical things.
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It’s one of the things that attracted me to the role [Doctor Strange] is the fact that it’s a really widely origin story, I mean this is part of it, but of course there’s the whole chapter before where he’s the neurosurgeon who has the accident. It’s fantastic.
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It’s always important to have the blessing.
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I try to work hard. I’m really proud of what I get to do as a living. I still pinch myself. But I also know it’s a craft, and I can get better at it and learn every time I do it. So I try to work hard no matter what the task is.
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Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It’s a miracle, it is magic.
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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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I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.
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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’m sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that’s for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.
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It’s the same thing, I think, whether it’s breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.
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My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had in my head from the written word. It gave me a passion for reading, thanks to my dad’s performance of the book.
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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 want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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Not that i had a big arse but even that was toned.
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I think anyone who works in medicine has superpowers.
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