[Doctor Strange] is a really rich character. It’s an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It’s great. Yeah, I’m excited.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHLanding the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
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I’m not very geeky. I’m quite homespun. I would say I’m more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log fires and whiskey
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If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people’s expectations, then you can go mad.
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I’ll always do ‘Sherlock’ – it’s something I’m not going to give up on.
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I’ve realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.
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One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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I’m a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.
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As an actor, to be part of that story’s [Marvel univerce ] terrific. I’ve enjoyed it so much as a fan and now I’m getting to have a go myself.
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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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We’re living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.
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I’m sad in a way that the character [Doctor Strange ] leaves [neurosurgery] behind. It’s an amazing discipline.
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We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
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Not that i had a big arse but even that was toned.
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There’s another weight of us being in the public eye, which is this presumption that, because your work and your promotion work is very public, your private life should be, too.
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You’d have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].
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I am shortsighted. I need glasses for watching movies or concerts. It’s not a hipster affectation; I do have poor eyesight. This is how ridiculous my life is: I’ve had the test for contact lenses, but I haven’t found a half-day where I can go to the optician.
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