Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they’ve been really good fun.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’m not confident in social situations; just going up to someone in a bar and saying ‘Hi’ is going to be even more difficult because they won’t know the real me. They will just know me as a fictional person I play on the screen.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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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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That’s something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.
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When are you ever settled enough to have kids?
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I think it’s fair to say that, yeah, I’m playing Doctor Strange, I get there.
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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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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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Even though Doctor Strange is an established character, when you’re doing an origin story there’s a lot of room for manoeuvre.
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I’m sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that’s for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.
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I don’t want to miss things.
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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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Even the cerebral characters I play seem to have physical quirks. They’re all “physically inhabited,” for lack off a better expression. For instance, Sherlock Holmes has very particular physical gestures which are drawn out in such detail.
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I struggle to learn by rote. I’ve had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.
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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 wasn’t born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.
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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.
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