I’m not very geeky. I’m quite homespun. I would say I’m more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log fires and whiskey
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHBeing someone who is of our sensual reality, Stephen Strange has a lifestyle, he has a sexuality, he’s materialistic.
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I’m interested in art for all. I don’t want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays.
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I feel like I’m away for much of my own life.
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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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Having your adolescence at an all-male boarding school is just crap.
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As an actor, to be part of that story’s [Marvel univerce ] terrific. I’ve enjoyed it so much as a fan and now I’m getting to have a go myself.
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There are other people who don’t mind shouting from the pulpit and being judged for it, and they do a hell of a lot of good – real, on-the-ground, life-changing good. So I think it can sometimes be a balancing act.
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If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people’s expectations, then you can go mad.
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We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
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I don’t want to miss things.
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If you can’t fail, you can never get better.
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I’m aware of [Doctor Strange] place within the comic pantheon of it all, the Marvelverse, but I don’t email saying, “When are we doing next film?” I’m excited to see.
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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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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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I think anyone who works in medicine has superpowers.
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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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I remember very clearly someone saying, ‘Don’t shake hands with the cactus,’ and I thought, ‘Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?’ Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.
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There are things that are a given, that you’ve already established, and obviously, visually, certain iconic things that can’t be completely removed, like a certain hat or a certain coat in my case.
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New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I’ve always had dear friends here – family, actually, I would say.
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I have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They’re about other people.
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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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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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Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
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I’d shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it’s the same with that.
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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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Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you’re Royalty.
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Any irrational fears?no, i’m quite a rationalist. i’m not superstitious, i think life is too full of natural wonders and logical complexities to worry about illogical things.
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