I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHIf you can’t jump on board when the ride’s going past that’s it, it usually goes by, so the hugest compliment they paid me was to come back to me. It motivated me to try to fulfill their faith.
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It’s difficult because nothing’s preordained by plan and you can’t control it. That’s one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.
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The world of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.
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I’m a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.
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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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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.
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I’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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I’m always playing characters with intellects profoundly superior to mine. That’s great fun, even though it’s as much a fantasy for me as for the people watching me.
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When are you ever settled enough to have kids?
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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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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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It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying.
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You’d have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].
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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 can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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When you freefall for 7,000 feet it doesn’t feel like you’re falling: it feels like you’re floating, a bit like scuba diving.
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