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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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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 very excited about all the offers and interest and support pouring in through crowd-funding, and about having a lovely gap coming up when I’ll finally be able to sit down with books and scripts and talk to my partners about how we take the company forward.
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It was great. I got to hang out with him [Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins], and I kept a straight face for a bit and then I started giggling because I know Martin, I don't know Bilbo. For Martin to be sitting there playing Bilbo is amazing. He's going to be amazing, he's going to be fantastic in this film.
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I was never geeky about anything.
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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 think now with fundamentalists, people who treat belief with a total lack of humor or empathy for any other viewpoint than their own - they, to me, are the enemy. And those people are born out of desperate extremes.
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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'm quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
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I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
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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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Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.
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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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My first agent dissuaded me from calling myself 'Cumberbatch.' I had six months of not very productive time with her, so I changed agents. The new one said, 'Why aren't you using your family name? It's a real attention-grabber.' I worried, 'How much is it going to cost to put my name in lights?' But then I decided that's not my problem.
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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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I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.
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I tell my wife all my secrets.
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It still makes me giggle that I'm paid to act.
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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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I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
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[Doctor Strange ] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he's very loved by people who know him.
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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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