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

Benedict Cumberbatch

Honestly, it’s very satisfying, and I’m very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been… It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying now.
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People Successful Years
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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Doctors Effort Superhero
I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.
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Acting Drama School
I struggle to learn by rote. I’ve had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.
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Embarrassing Meltdowns Struggle
I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story beats, changing lines, upping the comedy, changing the pace, all of that was great fun.
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Fun Important Out Work
My massive motivation in life is to make parents proud. But even that has to stop at a point.
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Motivation Parent Proud
I want to be better at staying connected.
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Connected Staying Want
[Doctor Strange ] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he’s very loved by people who know him.
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Doctors Men People
I’d shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it’s the same with that.
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Discipline Reading Sports
The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
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Academic Actors Doe
I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.
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Book Character Thinking
If you can’t jump on board when the ride’s going past that’s it, it usually goes by, so the hugest compliment they paid me was to come back to me. It motivated me to try to fulfill their faith.
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Boards Past Trying
I don’t wear a mask, I don’t have a suit. It’s not some CG double or a stunt double. The suffering the character [Doctor Strange ] goes through is immense!
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Character Doctors Suffering
One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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Actors Best Meritocracy Things
We should have a conversation when we hang up.
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Conversation Hang People
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.
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Done Drama Periods

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