This is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven’t really experienced any of that. Everyone’s been really happy for me, which is really, really great.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHSherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don’t think he’s one of them. He uses similar means, but it seems to be for a better purpose, one would hope.
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Maybe it’s because I was an only child, but I’ve always wanted kids.
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I keep myself amused and others confused
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I was brought up in a world of privilege.
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I think now with fundamentalists, people who treat belief with a total lack of humor or empathy for any other viewpoint than their own – they, to me, are the enemy. And those people are born out of desperate extremes.
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I am a PR disaster because I talk too much.
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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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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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Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
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I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don’t need.
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I’m a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I’m all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.
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I think I’ve had very knee-jerk emotional reactions to things, and sometimes I’ve said things without thinking. Being overly emotional clouded my judgment.
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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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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’d shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it’s the same with that.
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