Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.
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If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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Money? I lost all taste for it.
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In the United States, man does not feel that he has been torn from the center of creation and suspended between hostile forces. He has built his own world, and it is built in his own image: it is his mirror. But now he cannot recognize himself in his inhuman objects, nor in his fellows.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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Politics won't allow for the truth.
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We want a money that some government mandarin can't just whisk into existence with a pen stroke.
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Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.
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Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.
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All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thing: if you can remove your ego from the game, you can function with much more clarity and you are more likely to succeed. Wouldn't it be interesting if we all began speaking about the mental element of our lives in this way?
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.
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I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
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Danny DeVito later told me that he knew he wanted me for 'Matilda' the second I walked in the door. I'm not sure if this is true, or if he was just being nice, but I was thrilled when I got it.
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Many a good man I have seen go under.
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Gravity was something you could beat; all it took was hydrogen, hot air, or even a bit of rope. But being a girl was a miserable, never-ending struggle.
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Where there is no struggle, there is absolutely no progress.
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A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.
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One of the interesting parts of being on a television show is you often don't know the fate of your character until you're reading the script. I always look forward to finding out.
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I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.
