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I genuinely don’t know Julian Assange well. To authenticate an opinion, I really would have to meet him.

Benedict Cumberbatch

I had a very sparse comic upbringing – not because I was being whipped into reading Chekhov and Dickens, but I read Asterix on holidays when I was a kid, and Tin Tin was featured, I remember, for a few years.
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Holiday Kids Reading
Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
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Character Doctors Next
When you’re a kid, ‘Star Trek’ is a slower burn. It’s funny, it’s entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it – which is its universal appeal, I think.
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Kids Maturity Stars
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.
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Bump Journey People
The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it’s not all about him.
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Film Lessons Strange
Mystique is rare now, isn’t it? There aren’t that many enigmas in this modern world.
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Enigma Modern World
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?
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Alternatives Dream Give Up
[on BBC’s Sherlock] It’s a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It’s a form of mental and physical gymnastics.
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Actor Challenges Gymnastics
Sherlock [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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Angel Mean Thinking
I think I’ve had very knee-jerk emotional reactions to things, and sometimes I’ve said things without thinking. Being overly emotional clouded my judgment.
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Emotional Sometimes Thinking
Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It’s a miracle, it is magic.
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Magic Miracle Nhs
[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.
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Afraid Dark Details
It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying.
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Enjoy People Success Support
Laughing and crying are really similar – what happens to your body. It’s a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a musician, you have to do your scales once in a while and warm up your voice.
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Cry Laughing Musician
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.
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Cactus Friendly Hands
I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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Alive Book Reading

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