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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.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Actor is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven’t really experienced any of that. Everyone’s been really happy for me, which is really, really great.
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Jealous People Sometime
I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
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Able Play Want
It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.
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Glimpse Outside People Realize
Lines are very difficult to learn.
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Difficult Learn Lines
The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
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Academic Actors Doe
New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I’ve always had dear friends here – family, actually, I would say.
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Beautiful Country Crazy
Marvel always make it fresh so you can give it your personal twist.
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Always Giving Personal Twists
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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Lucky Regret Would
It still makes me giggle that I’m paid to act.
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Giggle Paid Stills
We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
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Brain Gun Guy Hero
My massive motivation in life is to make parents proud. But even that has to stop at a point.
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Motivation Parent Proud
I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.
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Acting Drama School
If I’d had fame early on, I’d have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.
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Able Abuse Men
If you can’t fail, you can never get better.
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Better Fail Failing Get
[on BBC’s Sherlock] It’s a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It’s a form of mental and physical gymnastics.
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Actor Challenges Gymnastics
Even though Doctor Strange is an established character, when you’re doing an origin story there’s a lot of room for manoeuvre.
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