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It still makes me giggle that I'm paid to act.

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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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 haven't done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you're most recently famed for, so I'm careful of not repeating myself.
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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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There are other people who don't mind shouting from the pulpit and being judged for it, and they do a hell of a lot of good - real, on-the-ground, life-changing good. So I think it can sometimes be a balancing act.
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If you can't fail, you can never get better.
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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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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 can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
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I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don't need.
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Mystique is rare now, isn't it? There aren't that many enigmas in this modern world.
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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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I've never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you're painting on a very big canvas.
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I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.
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One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.
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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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Live a life less ordinary.
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I am a PR disaster because I talk too much.
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I wasn't born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.
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Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.
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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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