You’d have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].
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.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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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’ll always do ‘Sherlock’ – it’s something I’m not going to give up on.
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Maybe it’s just getting older, but I don’t want to miss things.
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It’s the same thing, I think, whether it’s breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.
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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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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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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 remember very clearly someone saying, ‘Don’t shake hands with the cactus,’ and I thought, ‘Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?’ Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.
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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’m not very geeky. I’m quite homespun. I would say I’m more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log fires and whiskey
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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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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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Sometimes being away, on location, I feel like I’m away for much of my own life. I want to be better at staying connected.
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One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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I am very flattered. I have also become a verb as in “I have cumberbatched the UK audience” apparently. Who knows, by the end of the year I might become a swear word too! It’s crazy and fun and very flattering.
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