The number of people my age, younger now, a whole generation younger, who are fiercely bright, over-educated, under-employed and who are politicised and purposeless really upsets me. It’s soul-destroying.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThe further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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I’m not confident in social situations; just going up to someone in a bar and saying ‘Hi’ is going to be even more difficult because they won’t know the real me. They will just know me as a fictional person I play on the screen.
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I’ve never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you’re painting on a very big canvas.
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People always want to knock you when you’re up.
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I’m not an overnight success. I’ve been doing it for 12 years. It’s been lovely and varied so far.
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Upper class to me means you are either born into wealth or you’re Royalty.
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Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
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People’s hands fascinate me. It’s tempting to look at a businessman’s left hand and see if there’s an indentation from a missing wedding ring. Or maybe there’s a tan line and the skin is pressed down where’s he’s worked a ring off his finger.
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Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can’t stop, and you’ve got so many stories to look forward to.
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Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny.
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Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
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Do 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.
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Lines are very difficult to learn.
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Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.
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We all want to escape our circumstances, don’t we? Especially if you are an actor.
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I’ve realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.
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