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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.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Conan Doyle is amazing in the way he has Watson describe Sherlock’s posture, mood swings, his hand gestures, and so forth in the novels.
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Gesture Hands Swings
When you freefall for 7,000 feet it doesn’t feel like you’re falling: it feels like you’re floating, a bit like scuba diving.
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Fall Feet Floating
It’s very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
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Cynical Kind Skills
If you can’t fail, you can never get better.
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Better Fail Failing Get
What makes a good animated movie is being able to balance adult and knowing in-jokes and also just out and out funny things that make all people laugh. The idea that it’s actually something that will appeal to a family, that’s the trick.
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Funny Ideas Knowing Things
I think it’s fair to say that, yeah, I’m playing Doctor Strange, I get there.
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Doctors Strange Thinking
Maybe it’s just getting older, but I don’t want to miss things.
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Getting Missing Older Want
I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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Alive Book Reading
I 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.
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People Shoes Thinking
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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Book Dad Reading
I was brought up in a world of privilege.
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Brought Privilege World
Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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Class Talking Winning
Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
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Landing Roles Surprising
Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.
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Enjoy Journey
I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.
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Acting Drama School
We’re living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.
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Fighting Reality War

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