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You’d have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].

Benedict Cumberbatch

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
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
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
I was brought up in a world of privilege.
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Brought Privilege World
I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
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Able Actors Opportunity
I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
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Avenue Fifth Traffic Walks
I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.
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Book Character Thinking
You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It’s made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.
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Made Ordinary Want World
The more charming person is the person who admits the other person is more charming.
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Affection Charming More Persons
Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
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Actor Class Looks
My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
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Dad Hard Mum
Doctor Strange is an origin story so there’s a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving.
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Character Doctors Stories
I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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Alive Book Reading
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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Ambition Dream Writing
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
I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.
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Country Grim Reaper Motorbike

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