I realised quite early on that, although I wasn’t trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHMy own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a ‘desert rats’ tank operator in the Second World War.
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Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It’s a miracle, it is magic.
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I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.
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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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I think anyone who works in medicine has superpowers.
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It is a wonderful thing to get married young and become a father.
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Even though my parents experiences were different from mine. I wasn’t a child actor brat; I didn’t travel with them in the circuit. But I got a look into their world, so I did know what I was getting into, to an extent. And they are a constant source of grounding.
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You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It’s made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.
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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’ve always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.
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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 was brought up in a world of privilege.
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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.
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I’m a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I’m all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.
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