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.
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.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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I was brought up in a world of privilege.
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As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.
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I try to work hard. I’m really proud of what I get to do as a living. I still pinch myself. But I also know it’s a craft, and I can get better at it and learn every time I do it. So I try to work hard no matter what the task is.
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I’ve been broody since I was 12, but I can’t just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.
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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.
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I know he [Julian Assange] is a man of fierce determination, and now living under the strain of house arrest in the Ecuadorean embassy as a “political exile,” as he calls himself.
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Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
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I was the boy that turned a girlfriend into the most celebrated lesbian on television. I got so much stick for that.
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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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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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You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It’s made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.
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You can perfect genius because genius is not perfection. On his level and his practice and his methodology, it’s almost inhuman. So, that’s been a fantastic arc to play, and boy does it go somewhere in this series.
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I’m quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
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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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I understand from those who adore him, he [Julian Assange] has a great sense of humor which rarely gets an airing because he’s dealing with such serious issues.
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