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[Doctor Strange ] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he’s very loved by people who know him.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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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Challenges Comfort Fun
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 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’m quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
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Character Doctors People
I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.
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Goodbye Kissing Years
My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a ‘desert rats’ tank operator in the Second World War.
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Grandfather Tanks War
I’ve said for quite a long time I’d like him to have a different haircut. I quite like my hair being short. You know, we’ve been away two years, let’s f*** around with his outfit, let’s f*** around with his haircut, let’s do something different.
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Hair Short Two Years
I’d shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it’s the same with that.
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Discipline Reading Sports
Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.
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Enjoy Journey
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
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.
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Art Daughter Son
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 think playing any iconic role when you’re stepping into big shoes, into the shadow of people who have come before you and you can’t process that.
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People Shoes Thinking
It’s an interesting arc. You start with a character [Doctor Strange] who’s likeable and charming but very arrogant and distant. He’s funny but you can see there are massive holes in his life. It’s a very painful transition and all that he becomes is tested so quickly and violently.
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Character Doctors Interesting
Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don’t see yourself.
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Distance Needs People
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.
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Awkward Fun Self

[Doctor Strange ] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he’s very loved by people who know him.

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