The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it's not all about him. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I think it's fair to say that, yeah, I'm playing Doctor Strange, I get there. — 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
You'd have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange]. — 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 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
I've done a bit of live action before but the fight sequences, the wire work and the physical regime were taken to… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
There's a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm aware of [Doctor Strange] place within the comic pantheon of it all, the Marvelverse, but I don't email saying, "When are… — 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 wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It's the same cynicism that [Strange]… — 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
It's one of the things that attracted me to the role [Doctor Strange] is the fact that it's a really widely origin… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Only when Stephen Strange has his accident and everything that he's ever had in his life falls apart that he becomes pretty… — 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
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 really discovered [Dr.Strange] through hearing about this film and first meeting Scott [Derrickson] and getting into it and just opening up… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
An inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that's what happens… — 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 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
The guy [Doctor Strange], he's like most of us, he's uncorrupted flesh from the beginning of his life, he's somebody who's not… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I've never done a lead role in a film this big [like Doctor Strange], in a franchise this big. One of the… — 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
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
[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
[Doctor Strange] gets scraped off the floor and then thrown right down to hell again and then slowly pulls himself back up. — 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
[ 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 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
It will be obvious to anyone who sees it that he [Doctor Strange] earns that cloak. You think he's doing all right… — 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
Being someone who is of our sensual reality, Stephen Strange has a lifestyle, he has a sexuality, he's materialistic. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share
If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share
You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share
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![“Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_chapters_why-this-character-doctor-strange-is-bei_1839549.jpg)
![“I'm sad in a way that the character [Doctor Strange ] leaves [neurosurgery] behind. It's an amazing discipline.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_behinds_i-m-sad-in-a-way-that-the-character-doct_2016225.jpg)
![“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 character [Doctor Strange ] goes through is immense!” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_character_i-don-t-wear-a-mask-i-don-t-have-a-suit_2888662.jpg)
![“I've done a bit of live action before but the fight sequences, the wire work and the physical regime were taken to another level [ in Doctor Strange].” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_action_i-ve-done-a-bit-of-live-action-before-bu_2419071.jpg)
![“There's a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_amount_there-s-a-heroic-amount-of-effort-that-g_2894212.jpg)
![“I'm aware of [Doctor Strange] place within the comic pantheon of it all, the Marvelverse, but I don't email saying, "When are we doing next film?" I'm excited to see.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_comic_i-m-aware-of-doctor-strange-place-within_2965028.jpg)
![“I wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It's the same cynicism that [Strange] has.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_audience_i-wanted-to-take-the-audience-on-a-journ_623270.jpg)
![“[Doctor Strange] is a really rich character. It's an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It's great. Yeah, I'm excited.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/627/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_character_doctor-strange-is-a-really-rich-characte_763101.jpg)
![“It's one of the things that attracted me to the role [Doctor Strange] is the fact that it's a really widely origin story, I mean this is part of it, but of course there's the whole chapter before where he's the neurosurgeon who has the accident. It's fantastic.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44e/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_accidents_it-s-one-of-the-things-that-attracted-me_1263119.jpg)
![“[Doctor Strange] is still quite cocky by the end of the film. No, I'd say the major curve for him is that he learns that it's not all about him, that there's a greater good. But what he thinks he was doing as a neurosurgeon, that was good because it benefitted people's health was really just a…” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_cocky_doctor-strange-is-still-quite-cocky-by-t_2897052.jpg)
![“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 but you can see there are massive holes in his life. It's a very painful transition and all that he becomes is tested so quickly and violently.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_arcs_it-s-an-interesting-arc-you-start-with-a_1156743.jpg)
![“I really discovered [Dr.Strange] through hearing about this film and first meeting Scott [Derrickson] and getting into it and just opening up and saying, "Okay, this is, like all comics, very much of its era," and my first question was, 'How do you make this film? Why do you make this film now?'…” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_answers_i-really-discovered-dr-strange-through-h_1257223.jpg)
![“[Role of Dr.Strange] gives me an excuse as an actor to be learning with my character, which is something you can do authentically - I'm not a martial arts expert, I'm certainly no sorcerer, so all these things, the movement of the body, the physicality, the changes he goes through mentally and…” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43a/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_actor_role-of-dr-strange-gives-me-an-excuse-as_2506107.jpg)
![“[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 head if I needed brain surgery." He's good enough to warrant his arrogance and he respects other people but not when he thinks he's right and he'll just do what he deems…” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_arrogance_doctor-strange-is-difficult-he-s-arrogan_1959293.jpg)
![“The guy [Doctor Strange], he's like most of us, he's uncorrupted flesh from the beginning of his life, he's somebody who's not marked with original sin or any kind of crap like that. He's somebody who's come into this world and had experiences that have shaped him to the point that we first meet…” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_clear_the-guy-doctor-strange-he-s-like-most-of_1340869.jpg)
![“I've never done a lead role in a film this big [like Doctor Strange], in a franchise this big. One of the reasons was, I wanted to know what the toy box was like. And it's just insane, the amount of facility that everyone gets, but the amount of artistry and craft that's brought to every aspect of…” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_amount_i-ve-never-done-a-lead-role-in-a-film-th_3067701.jpg)
![“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.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_american-character_i-ve-never-been-front-and-centre-as-an-i_1132407.jpg)
![“[Doctor Strange ] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he's very loved by people who know him.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_batman_doctor-strange-is-slightly-more-speciali_3133775.jpg)
![“[Doctor Strange] gets scraped off the floor and then thrown right down to hell again and then slowly pulls himself back up.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_doctors_doctor-strange-gets-scraped-off-the-floo_772215.jpg)
![“[ Stephen Strange] is less strange than other characters I've played. He's lost the power to love, which doesn't make him a nasty person. I just think he's closed-off.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_character_stephen-strange-is-less-strange-than-oth_3121056.jpg)
![“It will be obvious to anyone who sees it that he [Doctor Strange] earns that cloak. You think he's doing all right and then you realise that there's one massive lesson to learn.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_cloak_it-will-be-obvious-to-anyone-who-sees-it_1622082.jpg)