Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
'Sherlock' fans are, by and large, an intelligent breed, so they've gone through my back catalogue and got what I've done, why and how I've done it. There is some obsessive behaviour, but I worry for them rather than me.
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
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I am often struck by the anxious inferiority many well-educated British people display towards the U.S., particularly Londoners dazzled by New York, when many postcolonials are accustomed to regarding Britain's old imperial cosmopolis as the true capital of the western world.
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If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.
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It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
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If people are telling you a story about themselves, they gradually map their own local territories and know themselves by them.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
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I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
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I had been struggling with how to create a child-like protagonist's voice without making it sound as though I was 'dumbing down' to the character. They are able to see events, people and places with an intensity and open mindedness that adults lack.
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That's why I enjoy acting: getting in the mind of someone else.
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I used to adore my old man because he was always so kind. That's one of the most beautiful things I have in my life - the way my father and mother were. And my father was a real ugly man. So it doesn't matter if you look like a gorilla. You see, dogs like us, we ain't such dogs as we think we are.
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I really do not see why there is not a splendid field for good work on the music hall stage, and if I did not have my own theatre taking up my time, I should rather like to go into it.
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Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.
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'Sherlock' fans are, by and large, an intelligent breed, so they've gone through my back catalogue and got what I've done, why and how I've done it. There is some obsessive behaviour, but I worry for them rather than me.
