I’ve never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you’re painting on a very big canvas.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.
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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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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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All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny.
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I really cannot get over the generosity of our Tibetian teacher. He said, “Don’t punish yourself. You’re going to be a student at a university in the north of England. You need to have your experiences and have your fun, and not judge yourself. Don’t live in guilt and regret.”
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Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they’ve been really good fun.
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I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.
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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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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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When I was young I became kind of a party animal. I had a massive crash. My health suffered. I was just overdoing it. That person could not be further from the one who emerged from that earlier experience. I regressed massively.
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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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I suppose my bodily proportions are quite flattering. I’m ripped, doing something I wouldn’t normally do with my body, or having done to it, involving Watson.
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I’ll always do ‘Sherlock’ – it’s something I’m not going to give up on.
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For brain surgeons it’s particularly difficult to deal with failure. It was fascinating to learn about that whole world.
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