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One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.
Benedict Cumberbatch
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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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Mum did a lot of commercial theatre and farces in the 1980s and '90s to make sure the school bills were paid.
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Sherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don't think he's one of them. He uses similar means, but it seems to be for a better purpose, one would hope.
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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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Being someone who is of our sensual reality, Stephen Strange has a lifestyle, he has a sexuality, he's materialistic.
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I've gone up two suit sizes. The character I'm playing, he's strong, I can say that much. I've changed my physique a bit, so that requires eating like a foie gras goose, well beyond your appetite. Providing I don't feel too ill, I then work out two hours a day with a phenomenal trainer. It's the L.A. way.
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When are you ever settled enough to have kids?
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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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It's very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
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I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don't need.
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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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I genuinely don't know Julian Assange well. To authenticate an opinion, I really would have to meet him.
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Sometimes when you do fight scenes you think, Oh, I'll be hit in the face, because people get carried away with their vanity and want to look too cool to care, but we were all really careful with each other.
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There's a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.
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It's an interesting arc. You start with a character [Doctor Strange] who's likeable and charming but very arrogant and distant. He's funny but you can see there are massive holes in his life. It's a very painful transition and all that he becomes is tested so quickly and violently.
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My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had in my head from the written word. It gave me a passion for reading, thanks to my dad's performance of the book.
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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.
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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.
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You'd have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].
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