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There’s no shame in stealing – any actor who says he doesn’t is lying. You steal from everything.

Benedict Cumberbatch

My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Dad Hard Mum
I haven’t done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you’re most recently famed for, so I’m careful of not repeating myself.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Done Drama Periods
We’re living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Fighting Reality War
I thought, well, why am I giving up on my primary dream to work doubly hard, to do something as an alternative to what it really still want to?
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Alternatives Dream Give Up
I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Avenue Fifth Traffic Walks
Maybe it’s just getting older, but I don’t want to miss things.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Getting Missing Older Want
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 CUMBERBATCH

Hipster Poor Ridiculous
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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Bump Journey People
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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Cactus Friendly Hands
I just increasingly enjoy the quiet moments when I can be on my own with my friends and family, or with a book, having a live experience. That’s really what I crave, and I always have done.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Book Family Friends Moments Quiet
I’m not very geeky. I’m quite homespun. I would say I’m more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log fires and whiskey
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Fire Gadgets Whiskey
I think it’s fair to say that, yeah, I’m playing Doctor Strange, I get there.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Doctors Strange Thinking
There’s so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Bureaucracy Century Mediocrity
You’d have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Doctors Guy Strange
I was the boy that turned a girlfriend into the most celebrated lesbian on television. I got so much stick for that.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Boys Girlfriend Television
[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Afraid Dark Details

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