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I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they’ve been really good fun.
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Fun Good Fun
I have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They’re about other people.
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Emotional People Response
Even 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.
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Children Different Parents
I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
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Able Play Want
Having your adolescence at an all-male boarding school is just crap.
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Adolescence Males School
That’s something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.
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People Thinking Worry
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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Character Doctors Interesting
Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
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Character Doctors Next
Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don’t see yourself.
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Distance Needs People
We all want to escape our circumstances, don’t we? Especially if you are an actor.
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Actors Circumstances Want
I was never geeky about anything.
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Anything Greek
[ Stephen Strange] is less strange than other characters I’ve played. He’s lost the power to love, which doesn’t make him a nasty person. I just think he’s closed-off.
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Character Nasty Thinking
[Doctor Strange] is a really rich character. It’s an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It’s great. Yeah, I’m excited.
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Character Doctor Meals
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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Able Abuse Men
I’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.
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Hair Short Two Years
People always want to knock you when you’re up.
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Always Knock People Want

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