Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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A woman who knows that she doesn't have to get all decked out to look good is sexy. A woman who can make you feel smart with her conversation skills is also sexy. I believe the sense of humor is important.
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I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.
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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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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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If people ask, 'Are you Sherlock Holmes?', it's horribly naff, but I say, 'I'm not, I just look a bit like him' - which is how I feel. There are bad attributes of his that I really don't share!
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I was brought up in a world of privilege.
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It is a wonderful thing to get married young and become a father.
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Metaphorically speaking, it's easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should take time to notice, enjoy and help each other.
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I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.
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I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
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When are you ever settled enough to have kids?
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It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.
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Lines are very difficult to learn.
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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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Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.
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It'd be really nice to wake up looking like, I don't know, Jake Gyllenhaal and think, 'Let's try this on for a day and see how it feels.'
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'Benedict' means 'blessed.' My parents liked the sound of the name and felt slightly blessed because they'd been trying for a child for a very long time.
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The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
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I haven't done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you're most recently famed for, so I'm careful of not repeating myself.
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Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.
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The number of people my age, younger now, a whole generation younger, who are fiercely bright, over-educated, under-employed and who are politicised and purposeless really upsets me. It's soul-destroying.
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When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don't really want to talk about it, because you have this innate sense of guilt that it's not fair that others aren't doing exactly what you're doing. I do have that.
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Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.
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I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.