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Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they've been really good fun.

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Benedict Cumberbatch
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
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Hammersmith
London
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
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The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it's not all about him.
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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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[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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I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.
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I think it's fair to say that, yeah, I'm playing Doctor Strange, I get there.
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It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.
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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 had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.
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The awful lesson of history is that we too often ignore people, just because they're foreigners or different from us.
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I’m very excited about all the offers and interest and support pouring in through crowd-funding, and about having a lovely gap coming up when I’ll finally be able to sit down with books and scripts and talk to my partners about how we take the company forward.
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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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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 was thrilled with how the first series of 'Sherlock' was received. It was such great fun to film, which makes it so rewarding when something you enjoy is so well received.
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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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Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.
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