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

Benedict Cumberbatch

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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Character Doctors Stories
I’m quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
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Character Doctors People
I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
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Avenue Fifth Traffic Walks
One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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Actors Best Meritocracy Things
[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he’s not afraid to go to dark places.
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Afraid Dark Details
There are moments when, like all of us, you get a bit self-conscious and you’d rather not be living any of your day in public. Those are the awkward times, but you’ve got to have fun with it.
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Awkward Fun Self
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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Running Trying Wizardry
We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
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Brain Gun Guy Hero
Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
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Character Doctors Next
Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
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Landing Roles Surprising
There are other people who don’t mind shouting from the pulpit and being judged for it, and they do a hell of a lot of good – real, on-the-ground, life-changing good. So I think it can sometimes be a balancing act.
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People Real Thinking
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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Drama Jobs School
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
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
[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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Certain Degrees Obsessed
I’ve been reading the books. It’s the origination, it’s the primary source. You should always go back to the books.
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Book Reading Source

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