Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes
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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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There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets in a year. It's not something to be completely daunted by.
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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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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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It is a wonderful thing to get married young and become a father.
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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 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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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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Lines are very difficult to learn.
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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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When are you ever settled enough to have 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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Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.
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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 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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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 want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
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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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My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan's 'The Browning Version,' where my job was to make school-masters' wives weep with recognition.
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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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Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that.
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To get a horse to hit a mark without a rider, to get it to stand up, to get it to rear, to get it to pick up a bucket and bring it over is amazing. It's hard work and very rewarding but can be dangerous.
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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.