If I’d had fame early on, I’d have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.
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I tend to have a cup of tea, try to stop worrying about what I did wrong, cool down and will the audience back in as soon as possible.
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I’ve been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I’ve suddenly realised it is one of life’s joys.
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I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.
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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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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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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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The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
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Maybe it’s just getting older, but I don’t want to miss things.
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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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Marvel always make it fresh so you can give it your personal twist.
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All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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Do awards change careers? Well, I haven’t heard of many stories where that’s the case. It’s a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who’ve done well that year in certain people’s eyes, and it’s nothing more than that.
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I just increasingly enjoy the quiet moments when I can be on my own with my friends and family, or with a book, having a live experience. That’s really what I crave, and I always have done.
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Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
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Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.
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