I’ve done a bit of live action before but the fight sequences, the wire work and the physical regime were taken to another level [ in Doctor Strange].
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’m sad in a way that the character [Doctor Strange ] leaves [neurosurgery] behind. It’s an amazing discipline.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.
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I have an appetite for the normal in my life, as well as the abnormal.
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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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I’m quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
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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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An inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that’s what happens to all surgeons, I think. There’s a huge degree of uncertainty and bafflement.
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[Season 4 of Sherlock Holmes will be] myopically dark. You’re talking about the end of the universe darkness. You can’t see in front of you and would walk into everything dark.
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I’m not confident in social situations; just going up to someone in a bar and saying ‘Hi’ is going to be even more difficult because they won’t know the real me. They will just know me as a fictional person I play on the screen.
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I want to be better at staying connected.
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Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
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[ Stephen Strange] is less strange than other characters I’ve played. He’s lost the power to love, which doesn’t make him a nasty person. I just think he’s closed-off.
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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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I understand from those who adore him, he [Julian Assange] has a great sense of humor which rarely gets an airing because he’s dealing with such serious issues.
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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 been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I’ve suddenly realised it is one of life’s joys.
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