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For brain surgeons it's particularly difficult to deal with failure. It was fascinating to learn about that whole world.

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Benedict Cumberbatch
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
Actor
Film Actor
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
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We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
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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 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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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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[Sherlock Holmes] has to understand the world. That's very much John's [Watson] influence on him. But like a lot of the friendships and relationships in that world, it's born out of necessity. It makes him better. There's a pragmatism to it. It's not whimsical or sentimental. It's born out of necessity.
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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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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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I was never geeky about anything.
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I feel that TV and film feed off each other well. It's more in the perception of the viewer than it is of the 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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There's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.
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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 have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They're about other people.
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I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don't need.
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Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.
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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 never was obsessive about anything I watched when I was a kid, except maybe 'The A-Team' and 'Airwolf' And I loved 'Knight Rider' and then later 'Baywatch.'
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My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
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My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War.
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