An inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that’s what happens to all surgeons, I think. There’s a huge degree of uncertainty and bafflement.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHThis 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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I have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They’re about other people.
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New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I’ve always had dear friends here – family, actually, I would say.
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I wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It’s the same cynicism that [Strange] has.
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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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We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
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I’m sad in a way that the character [Doctor Strange ] leaves [neurosurgery] behind. It’s an amazing discipline.
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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.
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Maybe it’s because I was an only child, but I’ve always wanted kids.
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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’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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If you can’t jump on board when the ride’s going past that’s it, it usually goes by, so the hugest compliment they paid me was to come back to me. It motivated me to try to fulfill their faith.
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I’ve been reading the books. It’s the origination, it’s the primary source. You should always go back to the books.
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I tell my wife all my secrets.
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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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Conan Doyle is amazing in the way he has Watson describe Sherlock’s posture, mood swings, his hand gestures, and so forth in the novels.
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