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Even 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.

Benedict Cumberbatch

I’ve said for quite a long time I’d like him to have a different haircut. I quite like my hair being short. You know, we’ve been away two years, let’s f*** around with his outfit, let’s f*** around with his haircut, let’s do something different.
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Hair Short Two Years
One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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Actors Best Meritocracy Things
Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that.
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Daily Life Mundane Taken
For brain surgeons it’s particularly difficult to deal with failure. It was fascinating to learn about that whole world.
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Brain Difficult World
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’d love to do a noir. I think Steve McQueen is so cool. But a classic film is a classic film, and perhaps the fantasy of being those characters should be left alone. You’re treading on very thin ice.
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Character Ice Thinking
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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Humor Issues Sense Serious
If I’d had fame early on, I’d have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.
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Able Abuse Men
It is a wonderful thing to get married young and become a father.
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Father Married Wonderful
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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Glimpse Outside People Realize
I have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They’re about other people.
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Emotional People Response
It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying.
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Enjoy People Success Support
I’ve been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I’ve suddenly realised it is one of life’s joys.
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Clothes Joy Late
I genuinely don’t know Julian Assange well. To authenticate an opinion, I really would have to meet him.
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Assange Opinion Wells
I am very flattered. I have also become a verb as in “I have cumberbatched the UK audience” apparently. Who knows, by the end of the year I might become a swear word too! It’s crazy and fun and very flattering.
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Crazy Fun Years
I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story beats, changing lines, upping the comedy, changing the pace, all of that was great fun.
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Fun Important Out Work

Even 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.

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Even 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.

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