I am a PR disaster because I talk too much.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you’re Royalty.
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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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I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
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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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When are you ever settled enough to have kids?
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Maybe it’s because I was an only child, but I’ve always wanted kids.
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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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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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Not that i had a big arse but even that was toned.
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I’ve realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.
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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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I just increasingly enjoy the quiet moments when I can be on my own with my friends and family, or with a book, having a live experience. That’s really what I crave, and I always have done.
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Laughing 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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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.
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I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.
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My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
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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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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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There’s so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.
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An inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that’s what happens to all surgeons, I think. There’s a huge degree of uncertainty and bafflement.
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I thought, well, why am I giving up on my primary dream to work doubly hard, to do something as an alternative to what it really still want to?
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I’ve been reading the books. It’s the origination, it’s the primary source. You should always go back to the books.
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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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All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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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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I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story beats, changing lines, upping the comedy, changing the pace, all of that was great fun.
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