[ 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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHDo 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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Kevin Feige said to me: “I don’t think we’ve ever put an actor through quite as much as this, physically and mentally.” I’ll wear that as a badge of honour. It was endless.
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The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
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Live a life less ordinary.
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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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All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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Honestly, it’s very satisfying, and I’m very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been… It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying now.
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I never really got obsessed about one thing for long. I was a bit of a butterfly and a magpie.
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Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
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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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The world of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.
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I’ve done a bit of live action before but the fight sequences, the wire work and the physical regime were taken to another level [ in Doctor Strange].
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[on BBC’s Sherlock] It’s a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It’s a form of mental and physical gymnastics.
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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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The more charming person is the person who admits the other person is more charming.
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