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[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Mystique is rare now, isn’t it? There aren’t that many enigmas in this modern world.
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Enigma Modern World
I’ll always do ‘Sherlock’ – it’s something I’m not going to give up on.
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Always Giving Help Support Up
I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.
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Silly Teacher Voice
I’d shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it’s the same with that.
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Discipline Reading Sports
Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you’re Royalty.
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Class Mean Wealth
I’ve always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.
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Exercise Play Spy
You can perfect genius because genius is not perfection. On his level and his practice and his methodology, it’s almost inhuman. So, that’s been a fantastic arc to play, and boy does it go somewhere in this series.
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Boys Play Practice
People’s hands fascinate me. It’s tempting to look at a businessman’s left hand and see if there’s an indentation from a missing wedding ring. Or maybe there’s a tan line and the skin is pressed down where’s he’s worked a ring off his finger.
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Hands Missing People
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
All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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About People Stories Talk
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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Character Doctors Stories
I’m a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I’m all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.
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Ambassadors Giving Voice
Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.
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Hard Privacy Thing
Maybe it’s just getting older, but I don’t want to miss things.
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Getting Missing Older Want
Those are more universal things than some of the characters I play, who are slightly sociopathic. I keep reminding people I can do ordinary.
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Character People Play
When are you ever settled enough to have kids?
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Enough Kids Settled

[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.

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[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.

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