I think playing any iconic role when you’re stepping into big shoes, into the shadow of people who have come before you and you can’t process that.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHOur daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
-
-
You let things run in order to have some sanity and be able to do your work and not feel pre-judged.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
I’m excited to see where the Illuminati and whatever else might happen, how that works, and where it ends up.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
I’ve realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
I was brought up in a world of privilege.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people’s expectations, then you can go mad.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
Honestly, it’s very satisfying, and I’m very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been… It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying now.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
Conan Doyle is amazing in the way he has Watson describe Sherlock’s posture, mood swings, his hand gestures, and so forth in the novels.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
If I’d had fame early on, I’d have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
When are you ever settled enough to have kids?
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH -
Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny. I look in a mirror and I see all the faults I’ve lived with for 35 years and yet people go kind of nuts for certain things about me. It’s not me being humble. I just think it’s weird.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH