The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it’s not all about him.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHSherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don’t think he’s one of them. He uses similar means, but it seems to be for a better purpose, one would hope.
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I’m not an overnight success. I’ve been doing it for 12 years. It’s been lovely and varied so far.
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Writing in French is one of my ambitions. I’d like to be able to dream one day in French. Italian and French are the two languages that I’d like to know.
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Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don’t see yourself.
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It’s an interesting arc. You start with a character [Doctor Strange] who’s likeable and charming but very arrogant and distant. He’s funny but you can see there are massive holes in his life. It’s a very painful transition and all that he becomes is tested so quickly and violently.
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Kevin Feige said to me: “I don’t think we’ve ever put an actor through quite as much as this, physically and mentally.” I’ll wear that as a badge of honour. It was endless.
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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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Even though my parents experiences were different from mine. I wasn’t a child actor brat; I didn’t travel with them in the circuit. But I got a look into their world, so I did know what I was getting into, to an extent. And they are a constant source of grounding.
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Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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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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Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny.
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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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I am very flattered. I have also become a verb as in “I have cumberbatched the UK audience” apparently. Who knows, by the end of the year I might become a swear word too! It’s crazy and fun and very flattering.
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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].
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I’ve been broody since I was 12, but I can’t just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.
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