[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHIt still makes me giggle that I’m paid to act.
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I wasn’t born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.
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I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.
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I’m quite sensitive to people noticing me. There are times when I’m relaxed, then others when it does make me self-conscious.
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I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.
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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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I’ve been broody since I was 12, but I can’t just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.
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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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There’s a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.
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I keep myself amused and others confused
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I never really got obsessed about one thing for long. I was a bit of a butterfly and a magpie.
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I’ve turned up to costume parties in the wrong costume. I’ve made social faux pas a plenty. I’ve put one foot in front of the other and fallen over.
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My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan’s ‘The Browning Version,’ where my job was to make school-masters’ wives weep with recognition.
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When you’re a kid, ‘Star Trek’ is a slower burn. It’s funny, it’s entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it – which is its universal appeal, I think.
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Marvel always make it fresh so you can give it your personal twist.
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Kevin Feige said to me: “I don’t think we’ve ever put an actor through quite as much as this, physically and mentally.” I’ll wear that as a badge of honour. It was endless.
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