If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people’s expectations, then you can go mad.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHI 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.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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I feel like I’m away for much of my own life.
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I have actual acting scars.
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I’m quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
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It will be obvious to anyone who sees it that he [Doctor Strange] earns that cloak. You think he’s doing all right and then you realise that there’s one massive lesson to learn.
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My massive motivation in life is to make parents proud. But even that has to stop at a point.
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I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I’m here to tell you I’m quite the opposite in real life. In fact I’m a f**king fantastic lover.
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The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
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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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[Doctor Strange] is a really rich character. It’s an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It’s great. Yeah, I’m excited.
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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 can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
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I just increasingly enjoy the quiet moments when I can be on my own with my friends and family, or with a book, having a live experience. That’s really what I crave, and I always have done.
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Doctors and nurses do crazy hours and keep an ideal afloat through the love and care that they have for their craft and their patients and the institution of the NHS. We should be very proud of it.
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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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As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.
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