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My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a ‘desert rats’ tank operator in the Second World War.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Those are more universal things than some of the characters I play, who are slightly sociopathic. I keep reminding people I can do ordinary.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Character People Play
There are moments when, like all of us, you get a bit self-conscious and you’d rather not be living any of your day in public. Those are the awkward times, but you’ve got to have fun with it.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Awkward Fun Self
Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It’s a miracle, it is magic.
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Magic Miracle Nhs
I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.
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Country Grim Reaper Motorbike
I want to do it all. I want to climb mountains, go through jungles, fight wars in space, get the girl, shoot the bad-guy full of lead, have all the zippy one liners, bulge muscles out of a singlet, drip sweat and blood on screen, all of that.
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Fighting Girl War
Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you’re Royalty.
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Class Mean Wealth
Maybe it’s just getting older, but I don’t want to miss things.
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Getting Missing Older Want
It’s always important to have the blessing.
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Always Blessing Important
I think it’s fair to say that, yeah, I’m playing Doctor Strange, I get there.
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Doctors Strange Thinking
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.
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Careers Realised Trying
Conan Doyle is amazing in the way he has Watson describe Sherlock’s posture, mood swings, his hand gestures, and so forth in the novels.
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Gesture Hands Swings
I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
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Avenue Fifth Traffic Walks
The world of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.
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Enough World
I am a PR disaster because I talk too much.
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Disaster Much
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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Lovely Overnight Success Years
Lines are very difficult to learn.
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Difficult Learn Lines

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