Lines are very difficult to learn.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCHWe have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
More Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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I love doing impersonations of people.
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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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Those are more universal things than some of the characters I play, who are slightly sociopathic. I keep reminding people I can do ordinary.
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There are other people who don’t mind shouting from the pulpit and being judged for it, and they do a hell of a lot of good – real, on-the-ground, life-changing good. So I think it can sometimes be a balancing act.
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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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My massive motivation in life is to make parents proud. But even that has to stop at a point.
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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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I’m aware of [Doctor Strange] place within the comic pantheon of it all, the Marvelverse, but I don’t email saying, “When are we doing next film?” I’m excited to see.
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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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Writing in French is one of my ambitions. I’d like to be able to dream one day in French. Italian and French are the two languages that I’d like to know.
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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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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’d shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it’s the same with that.
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It’s very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
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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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Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny.
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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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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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Having your adolescence at an all-male boarding school is just crap.
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You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.
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Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.
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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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If I’d had fame early on, I’d have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.
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I think it’s fair to say that, yeah, I’m playing Doctor Strange, I get there.
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Even the cerebral characters I play seem to have physical quirks. They’re all “physically inhabited,” for lack off a better expression. For instance, Sherlock Holmes has very particular physical gestures which are drawn out in such detail.
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I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.
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