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I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.

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Benedict Cumberbatch
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Hammersmith
London
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
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I'm quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
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If you can't fail, you can never get better.
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It's great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I'm enjoying.
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Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.
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I've done a bit of live action before but the fight sequences, the wire work and the physical regime were taken to another level [ in Doctor Strange].
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I have actual acting scars.
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The awful lesson of history is that we too often ignore people, just because they're foreigners or different from us.
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This is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy for me, which is really, really great.
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I want to be better at staying connected.
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I got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was actually describing on twitter what I was doing. 'I took a shirt off, I went to the window, I put a shirt back on... ' And I've got blinds in my flat!
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Laughing and crying are really similar - what happens to your body. It's a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a musician, you have to do your scales once in a while and warm up your voice.
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I think playing any iconic role when you're stepping into big shoes, into the shadow of people who have come before you and you can't process that.
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If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.
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I don't wear a mask, I don't have a suit. It's not some CG double or a stunt double. The suffering the character [Doctor Strange ] goes through is immense!
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There are moments when, like all of us, you get a bit self-conscious and you'd rather not be living any of your day in public. Those are the awkward times, but you've got to have fun with it.
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Honestly, it's very satisfying, and I'm very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been... It's great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I'm enjoying now.
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Only when Stephen Strange has his accident and everything that he's ever had in his life falls apart that he becomes pretty monstrous. It's the self-loathing rage of a wounded animal and he doesn't have a coping mechanism at all. It ties in with the discipline and the magic of this world.
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[on BBC's Sherlock] It's a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It's a form of mental and physical gymnastics.
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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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Doctor Strange is selfish but he's still saving lives.
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