People Quotes by Benedict Cumberbatch

People always want to knock you when you're up.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I love doing impersonations of people.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

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

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

It's great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I'm enjoying.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

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

I have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They're about other people.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

The awful lesson of history is that we too often ignore people, just because they're foreigners or different from us.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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

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

I had to imagine myself into certain aspects of [Julian Assange] character for our version of events. That involved extrapolating based on…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

[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

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

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

I would love to just have the work do the talking. We're in positions where people ask us questions; they want to…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Those are more universal things than some of the characters I play, who are slightly sociopathic. I keep reminding people I can…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I'm quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].

— Benedict Cumberbatch

It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

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

I just want to bring people in a little bit to the idea of sitting down on a Sunday three consecutive weeks…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

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

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

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

I think now with fundamentalists, people who treat belief with a total lack of humor or empathy for any other viewpoint than…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

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

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

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

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

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