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I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
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When you freefall for 7,000 feet it doesn't feel like you're falling: it feels like you're floating, a bit like scuba diving.
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I'm still very sensitive and wary of people recognising me The only thing that really annoys me is people trying to surreptitiously take a photo on their phone without asking. I feel it's cowardly and a bit pathetic. Just ask me if you really want me to have a photograph with you.
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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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I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.
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My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War.
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When you're a kid, 'Star Trek' is a slower burn. It's funny, it's entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it - which is its universal appeal, I think.
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[Sherlock Holmes] has to understand the world. That's very much John's [Watson] influence on him. But like a lot of the friendships and relationships in that world, it's born out of necessity. It makes him better. There's a pragmatism to it. It's not whimsical or sentimental. It's born out of necessity.
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I wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It's the same cynicism that [Strange] has.
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Someone will always hate what I say. There’s always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting.
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I try to work hard. I'm really proud of what I get to do as a living. I still pinch myself. But I also know it's a craft, and I can get better at it and learn every time I do it. So I try to work hard no matter what the task is.
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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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[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he's not afraid to go to dark places.
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Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
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I really cannot get over the generosity of our Tibetian teacher. He said, Don't punish yourself. You're going to be a student at a university in the north of England. You need to have your experiences and have your fun, and not judge yourself. Don't live in guilt and regret.
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Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
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The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it's not all about him.
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[Doctor Strange] is a really rich character. It's an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It's great. Yeah, I'm excited.
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I like to think that we’re revolving on this planet and revolving through the galaxy. I love having context that’s so much bigger than I can fathom. It’s fantastic to realise how insignificant you are.
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I keep myself amused and others confused
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I'm not confident in social situations just going up to someone in a bar and saying 'Hi' is going to be even more difficult because they won't know the real me. They will just know me as a fictional person I play on the screen.
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