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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHBeing a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
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I have actual acting scars.
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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.
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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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It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.
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I tell my wife all my secrets.
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I’d shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it’s the same with that.
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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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I’m a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I’m all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.
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We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
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All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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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 want to be better at staying connected.
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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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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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There’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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