My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had in my head from the written word. It gave me a passion for reading, thanks to my dad’s performance of the book.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - Sherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don’t think he’s one of them. He uses similar means, but it seems to be for a better purpose, one would hope.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/sherlock-holmes-is-on-the-side-of-the-angels-but-d.jpg)
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-understand-from-those-who-adore-him-he-julian-as.jpg)
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - You’d have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/youd-have-to-be-pretty-hard-nosed-not-to-feel-some.jpg)
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - [Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/scott-derrickson-is-terrific-really-sharp-on-the-d.jpg)
![Benedict Cumberbatch Quote - I know he [Julian Assange] is a man of fierce determination, and now living under the strain of house arrest in the Ecuadorean embassy as a “political exile,” as he calls himself.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/i-know-he-julian-assange-is-a-man-of-fierce-determ.jpg)