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
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThe armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
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If you can’t fail, you can never get better.
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I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.
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[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.
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There’s so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.
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One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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[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.
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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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Sometimes being away, on location, I feel like I’m away for much of my own life. I want to be better at staying connected.
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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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People’s hands fascinate me. It’s tempting to look at a businessman’s left hand and see if there’s an indentation from a missing wedding ring. Or maybe there’s a tan line and the skin is pressed down where’s he’s worked a ring off his finger.
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[ Stephen Strange] is less strange than other characters I’ve played. He’s lost the power to love, which doesn’t make him a nasty person. I just think he’s closed-off.
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I understand from those who adore him, he [Julian Assange] has a great sense of humor which rarely gets an airing because he’s dealing with such serious issues.
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When I was young I became kind of a party animal. I had a massive crash. My health suffered. I was just overdoing it. That person could not be further from the one who emerged from that earlier experience. I regressed massively.
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My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a ‘desert rats’ tank operator in the Second World War.
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My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had in my head from the written word. It gave me a passion for reading, thanks to my dad’s performance of the book.
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