My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had in my head from the written word. It gave me a passion for reading, thanks to my dad’s performance of the book.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThat’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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I’ve been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I’ve suddenly realised it is one of life’s joys.
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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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If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people’s expectations, then you can go mad.
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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I’m also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.
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Actor 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.
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Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It’s a miracle, it is magic.
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The awful lesson of history is that we too often ignore people, just because they’re foreigners or different from us.
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I feel that TV and film feed off each other well. It’s more in the perception of the viewer than it is of the actor.
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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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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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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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All the backstories are there but not talked about.
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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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It’s very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
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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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