I’ve been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I’ve suddenly realised it is one of life’s joys.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThere are moments when, like all of us, you get a bit self-conscious and you’d rather not be living any of your day in public. Those are the awkward times, but you’ve got to have fun with it.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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We should have a conversation when we hang up.
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There’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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People always want to knock you when you’re up.
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I’ve never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you’re painting on a very big canvas.
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I’m a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.
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The more charming person is the person who admits the other person is more charming.
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[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.
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I keep myself amused and others confused
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I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.
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New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I’ve always had dear friends here – family, actually, I would say.
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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 always playing characters with intellects profoundly superior to mine. That’s great fun, even though it’s as much a fantasy for me as for the people watching me.
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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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Mum did a lot of commercial theatre and farces in the 1980s and ’90s to make sure the school bills were paid.
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It’s difficult because nothing’s preordained by plan and you can’t control it. That’s one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.
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