Writing in French is one of my ambitions. I’d like to be able to dream one day in French. Italian and French are the two languages that I’d like to know.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHWriting in French is one of my ambitions. I’d like to be able to dream one day in French. Italian and French are the two languages that I’d like to know.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH[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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHAnyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It’s a miracle, it is magic.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’d shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it’s the same with that.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHAn inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that’s what happens to all surgeons, I think. There’s a huge degree of uncertainty and bafflement.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It’s the same cynicism that [Strange] has.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHIt’s very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’m not an overnight success. I’ve been doing it for 12 years. It’s been lovely and varied so far.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHUpper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you’re Royalty.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHYou have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI tell my wife all my secrets.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI think playing any iconic role when you’re stepping into big shoes, into the shadow of people who have come before you and you can’t process that.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHYou 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 CUMBERBATCHI’ve said for quite a long time I’d like him to have a different haircut. I quite like my hair being short. You know, we’ve been away two years, let’s f*** around with his outfit, let’s f*** around with his haircut, let’s do something different.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI keep myself amused and others confused
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHPeople always want to knock you when you’re up.
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