I’m interested in art for all. I don’t want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHAs an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.
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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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My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
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Honestly, it’s very satisfying, and I’m very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been… It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying now.
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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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I’m quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
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I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
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Doctor Strange is selfish but he’s still saving lives.
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I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I’m here to tell you I’m quite the opposite in real life. In fact I’m a f**king fantastic lover.
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If you can’t jump on board when the ride’s going past that’s it, it usually goes by, so the hugest compliment they paid me was to come back to me. It motivated me to try to fulfill their faith.
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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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There’s so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.
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I think anyone who works in medicine has superpowers.
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I don’t wear a mask, I don’t have a suit. It’s not some CG double or a stunt double. The suffering the character [Doctor Strange ] goes through is immense!
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It’s one of the things that attracted me to the role [Doctor Strange] is the fact that it’s a really widely origin story, I mean this is part of it, but of course there’s the whole chapter before where he’s the neurosurgeon who has the accident. It’s fantastic.
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I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
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