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There's no shame in stealing - any actor who says he doesn't is lying. You steal from everything.
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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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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Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don't know anyone on Earth who doesn't, but I do find it funny.
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I'm sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that's for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.
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People's hands fascinate me. It's tempting to look at a businessman's left hand and see if there's an indentation from a missing wedding ring. Or maybe there's a tan line and the skin is pressed down where's he's worked a ring off his finger.
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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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I was brought up in a world of privilege.
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Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to.
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I know that might sound perverse because I played Julian Assange but, honestly, I don't think it would be fair for me to judge the man. I realize that makes me a bit of a hypocrite because I was portraying him a certain way, but we were always open to the fact that this was an interpretation, not any kind of exact evidence of who the man was.
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The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it's not all about him.
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I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.
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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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Being on set is quite difficult, because it's so big and you've got to try and relax, which isn't easy when you know you're in a massive film. I was terrified for quite a long time.
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I'm always playing characters with intellects profoundly superior to mine. That's great fun, even though it's as much a fantasy for me as for the people watching me.
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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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