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I'd shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it's the same with that.

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Benedict Cumberbatch
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
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Film Actor
Film Producer
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Hammersmith
London
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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The more charming person is the person who admits the other person is more charming.
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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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Maybe it's just getting older, but I don't want to miss things.
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Live a life less ordinary.
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It is a wonderful thing to get married young and become a father.
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I'd love to do a noir. I think Steve McQueen is so cool. But a classic film is a classic film, and perhaps the fantasy of being those characters should be left alone. You're treading on very thin ice.
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I'm not an overnight success. I've been doing it for 12 years. It's been lovely and varied so far.
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I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.
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I am shortsighted. I need glasses for watching movies or concerts. It's not a hipster affectation I do have poor eyesight. This is how ridiculous my life is: I've had the test for contact lenses, but I haven't found a half-day where I can go to the optician.
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I realised quite early on that, although I wasn't trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals.
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I was very nervous about doing the Entertainment Weekly cover, because I thought, Okay, this is the first taste, this is the first visual moment. By then I obviously knew a lot of the more iconic moments in his comic history, but still it's me. It's not a drawing, it's not an artist it's me and I'm kinda frightened, but it seemed to go down.
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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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The first time we did cavalry charge I was so breathless with excitement I nearly fell off the horse. I actually saw stars in front of my eyes and thought I was going to faint. The second time I had a bit more control but was still giddy with excitement. And the third time I was an emotional wreck. I had to really try hard not to cry.
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I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.
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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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[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he's not afraid to go to dark places.
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