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I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.

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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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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 wasn't born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.
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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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