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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was actually describing on twitter what I was doing. ‘I took a shirt off, I went to the window, I put a shirt back on… ‘ And I’ve got blinds in my flat!
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI 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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’ve done a bit of live action before but the fight sequences, the wire work and the physical regime were taken to another level [ in Doctor Strange].
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHDoctor Strange is an origin story so there’s a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI think anyone who works in medicine has superpowers.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHAs an actor, to be part of that story’s [Marvel univerce ] terrific. I’ve enjoyed it so much as a fan and now I’m getting to have a go myself.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHLanding the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThere’s a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’m sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that’s for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’m quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThere’s another weight of us being in the public eye, which is this presumption that, because your work and your promotion work is very public, your private life should be, too.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHSherlock [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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI struggle to learn by rote. I’ve had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThere are things that are a given, that you’ve already established, and obviously, visually, certain iconic things that can’t be completely removed, like a certain hat or a certain coat in my case.
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