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If you can't fail, you can never get better.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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Benedict Cumberbatch
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Hammersmith
London
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
Fail
Failing
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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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I'm quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
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Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.
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I don't call myself an expert because I've played experts. I know a little bit about very little. But it's very hard to not be drawn into saying something, especially if it has to do with the work.
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I genuinely don't know Julian Assange well. To authenticate an opinion, I really would have to meet him.
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Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
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I've gone up two suit sizes. The character I'm playing, he's strong, I can say that much. I've changed my physique a bit, so that requires eating like a foie gras goose, well beyond your appetite. Providing I don't feel too ill, I then work out two hours a day with a phenomenal trainer. It's the L.A. way.
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Conan Doyle is amazing in the way he has Watson describe Sherlock’s posture, mood swings, his hand gestures, and so forth in the novels.
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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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There's a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.
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It still makes me giggle that I'm paid to act.
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I really cannot get over the generosity of our Tibetian teacher. He said, Don't punish yourself. You're going to be a student at a university in the north of England. You need to have your experiences and have your fun, and not judge yourself. Don't live in guilt and regret.
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I suppose my bodily proportions are quite flattering. I'm ripped, doing something I wouldn't normally do with my body, or having done to it, involving Watson.
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I think with any characterization there's a point where you empathize, no matter how much of a deviance his or her actions may be from your understanding of humanity.
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I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.
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I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.
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It's very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
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I want to be better at staying connected.
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It's great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I'm enjoying.
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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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