It’s difficult because nothing’s preordained by plan and you can’t control it. That’s one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHEnjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.
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[ 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.
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I feel that TV and film feed off each other well. It’s more in the perception of the viewer than it is of the actor.
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I’ve seen and swam and climbed and lived and driven and filmed. Should it all end tomorrow, I can definitely say there would be no regrets. I am very lucky, and I know it. I really have lived 5,000 times over.
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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 keep myself amused and others confused
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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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[Season 4 of Sherlock Holmes will be] myopically dark. You’re talking about the end of the universe darkness. You can’t see in front of you and would walk into everything dark.
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I thought, well, why am I giving up on my primary dream to work doubly hard, to do something as an alternative to what it really still want to?
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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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Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they’ve been really good fun.
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Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
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Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that.
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I’m not an overnight success. I’ve been doing it for 12 years. It’s been lovely and varied so far.
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Doctor Strange is selfish but he’s still saving lives.
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All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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