You can perfect genius because genius is not perfection. On his level and his practice and his methodology, it’s almost inhuman. So, that’s been a fantastic arc to play, and boy does it go somewhere in this series.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThere’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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It’s the same thing, I think, whether it’s breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.
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Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
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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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I got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was actually describing on twitter what I was doing. ‘I took a shirt off, I went to the window, I put a shirt back on… ‘ And I’ve got blinds in my flat!
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My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan’s ‘The Browning Version,’ where my job was to make school-masters’ wives weep with recognition.
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I don’t live beyond my means. I enjoy luxury and I enjoy the privilege of it, when I can afford it, and I’m in the situation where it’s been given to me, but I’m very conscious of what is wasteful.
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I don’t want to miss things.
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I’m interested in art for all. I don’t want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays.
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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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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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I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
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[Season 4 of Sherlock Holmes will be] myopically dark. You’re talking about the end of the universe darkness. You can’t see in front of you and would walk into everything dark.
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People always want to knock you when you’re up.
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Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that.
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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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