I’m interested in art for all. I don’t want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI think playing any iconic role when you’re stepping into big shoes, into the shadow of people who have come before you and you can’t process that.
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I love doing impersonations of people.
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Doctor Strange is selfish but he’s still saving lives.
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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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We’re living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.
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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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I’ve always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.
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Kevin Feige said to me: “I don’t think we’ve ever put an actor through quite as much as this, physically and mentally.” I’ll wear that as a badge of honour. It was endless.
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I have an appetite for the normal in my life, as well as the abnormal.
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Metaphorically speaking, it’s easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should take time to notice, enjoy and help each other.
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Maybe it’s because I was an only child, but I’ve always wanted kids.
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The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
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Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
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Live a life less ordinary.
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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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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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