I had to imagine myself into certain aspects of [Julian Assange] character for our version of events. That involved extrapolating based on… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm not one for doing the children's party version: "Hi, I'm a character in a movie and now I'm in reality!" I… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
[Doctor Strange] is a really rich character. It's an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It's great. Yeah,… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
One of the first roles I had on stage was with a brilliant director in a brilliant play with a brilliant cast,… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm always playing characters with intellects profoundly superior to mine. That's great fun, even though it's as much a fantasy for me… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Those are more universal things than some of the characters I play, who are slightly sociopathic. I keep reminding people I can… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Scott Derrickson breathes humour into a character with a very strong identity in the '60s and '70s, that psychedelia era of Eastern… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ]. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Even the cerebral characters I play seem to have physical quirks. They're all "physically inhabited," for lack off a better expression. For… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I've never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you're painting… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
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… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I always get self-conscious about what I look like in a film, but less so if I'm a character very far removed… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Even though Doctor Strange is an established character, when you're doing an origin story there's a lot of room for manoeuvre. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I love the idea of playing something stupid or romantic. I'm not the smartest man in the room. I listen, and I… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm sad in a way that the character [Doctor Strange ] leaves [neurosurgery] behind. It's an amazing discipline. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
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… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
[Role of Dr.Strange] gives me an excuse as an actor to be learning with my character, which is something you can do… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Doctor Strange is an origin story so there's a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I don't wear a mask, I don't have a suit. It's not some CG double or a stunt double. The suffering the… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
If I'm playing someone who's smart, suddenly every character I've played is smart. If I'm playing a bad guy, every character is… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a noir. I think Steve McQueen is so cool. But a classic film is a classic film, and… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
[ Stephen Strange] is less strange than other characters I've played. He's lost the power to love, which doesn't make him a… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
It's the same thing, I think, whether it's breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Being someone who is of our sensual reality, Stephen Strange has a lifestyle, he has a sexuality, he's materialistic. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Being on set is quite difficult, because it's so big and you've got to try and relax, which isn't easy when you know you're… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
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… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Maybe it's just getting older, but I don't want to miss things. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I think playing any iconic role when you're stepping into big shoes, into the shadow of people who have come before you and you… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
[While voicing cartoons] you have to lose your sanity and inhibitions and any kind of dignity and just throw yourself around a bit. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm not very geeky. I'm quite homespun. I would say I'm more modern rustic than gadget-orientated. I like woollen things and log fires and… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
This 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,… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
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