We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHYou come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It’s made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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I’m quite sensitive to people noticing me. There are times when I’m relaxed, then others when it does make me self-conscious.
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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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There 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.
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Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny. I look in a mirror and I see all the faults I’ve lived with for 35 years and yet people go kind of nuts for certain things about me. It’s not me being humble. I just think it’s weird.
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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’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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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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Scott Derrickson breathes humour into a character with a very strong identity in the ’60s and ’70s, that psychedelia era of Eastern mysticism meeting the West.
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There are things that are a given, that you’ve already established, and obviously, visually, certain iconic things that can’t be completely removed, like a certain hat or a certain coat in my case.
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Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny.
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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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Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.
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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’m a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.
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You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.
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Maybe it’s just getting older, but I don’t want to miss things.
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This is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven’t really experienced any of that. Everyone’s been really happy for me, which is really, really great.
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I try to work hard. I’m really proud of what I get to do as a living. I still pinch myself. But I also know it’s a craft, and I can get better at it and learn every time I do it. So I try to work hard no matter what the task is.
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Doctor Strange is selfish but he’s still saving lives.
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The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
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I’ve been broody since I was 12, but I can’t just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.
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The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it’s not all about him.
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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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It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying.
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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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I don’t wear a mask, I don’t have a suit. It’s not some CG double or a stunt double. The suffering the character [Doctor Strange ] goes through is immense!
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