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I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.
Benedict Cumberbatch
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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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There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets in a year. It's not something to be completely daunted by.
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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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Even though my parents experiences were different from mine. I wasn't a child actor brat I didn't travel with them in the circuit. But I got a look into their world, so I did know what I was getting into, to an extent. And they are a constant source of grounding.
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Live a life less ordinary.
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I was brought up in a world of privilege.
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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 know that might sound perverse because I played Julian Assange but, honestly, I don't think it would be fair for me to judge the man. I realize that makes me a bit of a hypocrite because I was portraying him a certain way, but we were always open to the fact that this was an interpretation, not any kind of exact evidence of who the man was.
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I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.
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I wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It's the same cynicism that [Strange] has.
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Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.
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I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I'm here to tell you I'm quite the opposite in real life. In fact I'm a f**king fantastic lover.
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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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You'd have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].
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If you can't fail, you can never get better.
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Being someone who is of our sensual reality, Stephen Strange has a lifestyle, he has a sexuality, he's materialistic.
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I'm sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that's for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.
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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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Actor is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy for me, which is really, really great.
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