You let things run in order to have some sanity and be able to do your work and not feel pre-judged.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHWe look at science as the ultimate answer for everything yet we are really messy organisms and when the two collide in the upper echelons of medicine you think science will prevail but it’s not always that way.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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Someone will always hate what I say. There’s always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting.
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There’s no shame in stealing – any actor who says he doesn’t is lying. You steal from everything.
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The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
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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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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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Doctor Strange is selfish but he’s still saving lives.
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Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can’t stop, and you’ve got so many stories to look forward to.
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I ate healthily, but there was no snacking, no drinking, no bread, no sugar, no smoking. Afterwards I had a pork belly roast.
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Doctors and nurses do crazy hours and keep an ideal afloat through the love and care that they have for their craft and their patients and the institution of the NHS. We should be very proud of it.
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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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Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
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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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I struggle to learn by rote. I’ve had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.
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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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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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Having your adolescence at an all-male boarding school is just crap.
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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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I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don’t need.
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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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I’ve been reading the books. It’s the origination, it’s the primary source. You should always go back to the books.
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I have an appetite for the normal in my life, as well as the abnormal.
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I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
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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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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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The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it’s not all about him.
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I feel like I’m away for much of my own life.
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