The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHEven in cerebral roles that are seemingly intelligent and nothing else, I think it’s so important to wrap your characterization in a physical form as well.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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I love doing impersonations of people.
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Even though my parents experiences were different from mine. I wasn’t a child actor brat; I didn’t travel with them in the circuit. But I got a look into their world, so I did know what I was getting into, to an extent. And they are a constant source of grounding.
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It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.
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Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can’t stop, and you’ve got so many stories to look forward to.
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Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
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I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don’t need.
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I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
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If you can’t jump on board when the ride’s going past that’s it, it usually goes by, so the hugest compliment they paid me was to come back to me. It motivated me to try to fulfill their faith.
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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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Writing in French is one of my ambitions. I’d like to be able to dream one day in French. Italian and French are the two languages that I’d like to know.
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Cumberbatch – it sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn’t it? What a fluffy old name. I can never say it on a Monday morning. When I became an actor, Mum wasn’t keen on me keeping it.
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[Sherlock Holmes] has moved from being someone who was sociopathic, work-obsessed and slightly amoral, into being someone who has a certain degree of a private life, which is very, very private, with The Woman, or Irene Adler.
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It’s always important to have the blessing.
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I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.
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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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