I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThere’s a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHCumberbatch – it sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn’t it? What a fluffy old name. I can never say it on a Monday morning. When I became an actor, Mum wasn’t keen on me keeping it.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’ve been broody since I was 12, but I can’t just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHLaughing and crying are really similar – what happens to your body. It’s a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a musician, you have to do your scales once in a while and warm up your voice.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHLive a life less ordinary.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHYou’d have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH[ Stephen Strange] is less strange than other characters I’ve played. He’s lost the power to love, which doesn’t make him a nasty person. I just think he’s closed-off.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI tend to have a cup of tea, try to stop worrying about what I did wrong, cool down and will the audience back in as soon as possible.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHPull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHIt still makes me giggle that I’m paid to act.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHUpper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you’re Royalty.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’ve been reading the books. It’s the origination, it’s the primary source. You should always go back to the books.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHWe have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH[Doctor Strange] is a really rich character. It’s an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It’s great. Yeah, I’m excited.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’ll always do ‘Sherlock’ – it’s something I’m not going to give up on.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH