I’m not confident in social situations; just going up to someone in a bar and saying ‘Hi’ is going to be even more difficult because they won’t know the real me. They will just know me as a fictional person I play on the screen.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHLaughing and crying are really similar – what happens to your body. It’s a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a musician, you have to do your scales once in a while and warm up your voice.
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I remember very clearly someone saying, ‘Don’t shake hands with the cactus,’ and I thought, ‘Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?’ Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.
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It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying.
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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’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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I think anyone who works in medicine has superpowers.
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I want to be better at staying connected.
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The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
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[Doctor Strange] is a really rich character. It’s an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It’s great. Yeah, I’m excited.
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When you’re a kid, ‘Star Trek’ is a slower burn. It’s funny, it’s entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it – which is its universal appeal, I think.
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Maybe it’s because I was an only child, but I’ve always wanted kids.
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I understand from those who adore him, he [Julian Assange] has a great sense of humor which rarely gets an airing because he’s dealing with such serious issues.
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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.
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My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
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I have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They’re about other people.
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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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