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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThe number of people my age, younger now, a whole generation younger, who are fiercely bright, over-educated, under-employed and who are politicised and purposeless really upsets me. It’s soul-destroying.
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What makes a good animated movie is being able to balance adult and knowing in-jokes and also just out and out funny things that make all people laugh. The idea that it’s actually something that will appeal to a family, that’s the trick.
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Being someone who is of our sensual reality, Stephen Strange has a lifestyle, he has a sexuality, he’s materialistic.
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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’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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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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I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.
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Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you’re Royalty.
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One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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Doctor Strange is an origin story so there’s a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving.
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We should have a conversation when we hang up.
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I am a PR disaster because I talk too much.
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Those are more universal things than some of the characters I play, who are slightly sociopathic. I keep reminding people I can do ordinary.
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I think anyone who works in medicine has superpowers.
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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.
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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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