I am very flattered. I have also become a verb as in “I have cumberbatched the UK audience” apparently. Who knows, by the end of the year I might become a swear word too! It’s crazy and fun and very flattering.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI 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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[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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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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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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All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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I’ve been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I’ve suddenly realised it is one of life’s joys.
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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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[ Stephen Strange] is less strange than other characters I’ve played. He’s lost the power to love, which doesn’t make him a nasty person. I just think he’s closed-off.
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I tell my wife all my secrets.
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I had a real yearning to make use of the opportunities I had at school. When I heard about the gap year of teaching English at a Tibetan monastery, I knew I had to do something about it really quickly, otherwise it was going to get allocated.
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My massive motivation in life is to make parents proud. But even that has to stop at a point.
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The more charming person is the person who admits the other person is more charming.
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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.
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I never really got obsessed about one thing for long. I was a bit of a butterfly and a magpie.
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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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It’s the same thing, I think, whether it’s breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.
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