Any irrational fears?no, i’m quite a rationalist. i’m not superstitious, i think life is too full of natural wonders and logical complexities to worry about illogical things.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI’d love to do a noir. I think Steve McQueen is so cool. But a classic film is a classic film, and perhaps the fantasy of being those characters should be left alone. You’re treading on very thin ice.
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Mystique is rare now, isn’t it? There aren’t that many enigmas in this modern world.
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When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don’t really want to talk about it, because you have this innate sense of guilt that it’s not fair that others aren’t doing exactly what you’re doing. I do have that.
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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.
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It’s an interesting arc. You start with a character [Doctor Strange] who’s likeable and charming but very arrogant and distant. He’s funny but you can see there are massive holes in his life. It’s a very painful transition and all that he becomes is tested so quickly and violently.
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I tend to have a cup of tea, try to stop worrying about what I did wrong, cool down and will the audience back in as soon as possible.
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[Sherlock Holmes] has moved from being someone who was sociopathic, work-obsessed and slightly amoral, into being someone who has a certain degree of a private life, which is very, very private, with The Woman, or Irene Adler.
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You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.
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[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.
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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. 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.
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I’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.
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Metaphorically speaking, it’s easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should take time to notice, enjoy and help each other.
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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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I keep myself amused and others confused
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My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
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I 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.
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Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It’s a miracle, it is magic.
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When are you ever settled enough to have kids?
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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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If I’d had fame early on, I’d have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.
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I was brought up in a world of privilege.
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Doctor Strange is an origin story so there’s a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving.
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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.
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I am very flattered. I have also become a verb as in “I have cumberbatched the UK audience” apparently. Who knows, by the end of the year I might become a swear word too! It’s crazy and fun and very flattering.
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I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
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It’s the same thing, I think, whether it’s breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.
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I genuinely don’t know Julian Assange well. To authenticate an opinion, I really would have to meet him.
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