I have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They're about other people. — 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
Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people… — 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… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside. — 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
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
I play enough other mad people, as well and some sane people, to vary the palette of what's scrabbling around in my… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
If people ask, 'Are you Sherlock Holmes?', it's horribly naff, but I say, 'I'm not, I just look a bit like him'… — 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
Actor is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
What makes a good animated movie is being able to balance adult and knowing in-jokes and also just out and out funny… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Metaphorically speaking, it's easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should… — 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
This is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
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
That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
The generation now below me were born into a world where if you're a kid with raw talent now, you can roll… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
When auditioning, I try to imagine that I'm the only person that they [directors] are seeing that day because it can be… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
The awful lesson of history is that we too often ignore people, just because they're foreigners or different from us. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
There are other people who don't mind shouting from the pulpit and being judged for it, and they do a hell of… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
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… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
The number of people my age, younger now, a whole generation younger, who are fiercely bright, over-educated, under-employed and who are politicised… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm still very sensitive and wary of people recognising me The only thing that really annoys me is people trying to surreptitiously… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
It's great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I'm enjoying. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm quite sensitive to people noticing me. There are times when I'm relaxed, then others when it does make me self-conscious. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
[Doctor Strange ] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he's very loved by people who know him. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny.… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you do fight scenes you think, "Oh, I'll be hit in the face," because people get carried away with their… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Honestly, it's very satisfying, and I'm very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been... It's great for the… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I think now with fundamentalists, people who treat belief with a total lack of humor or empathy for any other viewpoint than… — 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 just want to bring people in a little bit to the idea of sitting down on a Sunday three consecutive weeks… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
[Doctor Strange] is still quite cocky by the end of the film. No, I'd say the major curve for him is that… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of the work I do, but I genuinely can't involve myself with an audience as early as somebody who's… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
[Doctor Strange] is difficult, he's arrogant, but he's kind of brilliant and charming and you'd think, "Yeah, I'd want him on my… — 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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