Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHWhy this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’ve always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHPull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHFor brain surgeons it’s particularly difficult to deal with failure. It was fascinating to learn about that whole world.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI keep myself amused and others confused
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI 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 CUMBERBATCHThe armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHEven 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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHDo awards change careers? Well, I haven’t heard of many stories where that’s the case. It’s a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who’ve done well that year in certain people’s eyes, and it’s nothing more than that.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’ve said for quite a long time I’d like him to have a different haircut. I quite like my hair being short. You know, we’ve been away two years, let’s f*** around with his outfit, let’s f*** around with his haircut, let’s do something different.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHDo I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThat’s something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI 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.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHNew York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I’ve always had dear friends here – family, actually, I would say.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHIt’s very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
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