As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH[on BBC’s Sherlock] It’s a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It’s a form of mental and physical gymnastics.
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I got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was actually describing on twitter what I was doing. ‘I took a shirt off, I went to the window, I put a shirt back on… ‘ And I’ve got blinds in my flat!
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One of the best things about being an actor is that it’s a meritocracy.
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My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a ‘desert rats’ tank operator in the Second World War.
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It’s great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I’m enjoying.
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Marvel always make it fresh so you can give it your personal twist.
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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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It is a wonderful thing to get married young and become a father.
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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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Sherlock [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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Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
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I have actual acting scars.
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It still makes me giggle that I’m paid to act.
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I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story beats, changing lines, upping the comedy, changing the pace, all of that was great fun.
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Someone will always hate what I say. There’s always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting.
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Even in cerebral roles that are seemingly intelligent and nothing else, I think it’s so important to wrap your characterization in a physical form as well.
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