I’d love to do a noir. I think Steve McQueen is so cool. But a classic film is a classic film, and perhaps the fantasy of being those characters should be left alone. You’re treading on very thin ice.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHWhen 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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Sometimes being away, on location, I feel like I’m away for much of my own life. I want to be better at staying connected.
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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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I want to be better at staying connected.
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I’m sad in a way that the character [Doctor Strange ] leaves [neurosurgery] behind. It’s an amazing discipline.
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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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Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they’ve been really good fun.
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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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Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
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Sherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don’t think he’s one of them. He uses similar means, but it seems to be for a better purpose, one would hope.
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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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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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It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying.
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I like to think that we’re revolving on this planet and revolving through the galaxy. I love having context that’s so much bigger than I can fathom. It’s fantastic to realise how insignificant you are.
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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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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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