It still makes me giggle that I’m paid to act.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI struggle to learn by rote. I’ve had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it’s not all about him.
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I try to work hard. I’m really proud of what I get to do as a living. I still pinch myself. But I also know it’s a craft, and I can get better at it and learn every time I do it. So I try to work hard no matter what the task is.
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I’m not very geeky. I’m quite homespun. I would say I’m more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log fires and whiskey
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Maybe it’s because I was an only child, but I’ve always wanted kids.
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When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don’t really want to talk about it, because you have this innate sense of guilt that it’s not fair that others aren’t doing exactly what you’re doing. I do have that.
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I suppose my bodily proportions are quite flattering. I’m ripped, doing something I wouldn’t normally do with my body, or having done to it, involving Watson.
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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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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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Having your adolescence at an all-male boarding school is just crap.
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It will be obvious to anyone who sees it that he [Doctor Strange] earns that cloak. You think he’s doing all right and then you realise that there’s one massive lesson to learn.
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It’s always important to have the blessing.
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I feel that TV and film feed off each other well. It’s more in the perception of the viewer than it is of the actor.
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We should have a conversation when we hang up.
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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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I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don’t need.
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