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title: "32 Strange Quotes By Benedict Cumberbatch"
description: "32 Strange quotes by Benedict Cumberbatch. Plus more from Benedict Cumberbatch and more Strange sayings from other authors."
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> [ You'd have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy \[Doctor Strange\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/you-d-have-to-be-pretty-hard-nosed-not-to-feel-some-sympathy-for-the/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ I'm quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character \[Doctor Strange \]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-m-quite-surprised-by-how-many-people-grew-up-with-this-character/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [Doctor Strange is selfish but he's still saving lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/doctor-strange-is-selfish-but-he-s-still-saving-lives/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ Why this character \[Doctor Strange\] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/why-this-character-doctor-strange-is-being-introduced-to-open-up-the/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it's not all about him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/the-biggest-lesson-stephen-strange-learns-in-this-film-is-it-s-not/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [I think it's fair to say that, yeah, I'm playing Doctor Strange, I get there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-think-it-s-fair-to-say-that-yeah-i-m-playing-doctor-strange-i-get/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [Being someone who is of our sensual reality, Stephen Strange has a lifestyle, he has a sexuality, he's materialistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/being-someone-who-is-of-our-sensual-reality-stephen-strange-has-a/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ \[Doctor Strange\] gets scraped off the floor and then thrown right down to hell again and then slowly pulls himself back up. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/doctor-strange-gets-scraped-off-the-floor-and-then-thrown-right-down/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ \[Doctor Strange \] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he's very loved by people who know him. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/doctor-strange-is-slightly-more-specialised-than-spider-man-or/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ It will be obvious to anyone who sees it that he \[Doctor Strange\] earns that cloak. You think he's doing all right… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/it-will-be-obvious-to-anyone-who-sees-it-that-he-doctor-strange-earns/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/it-does-get-strange-when-you-realize-people-will-hang-around-for/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ \[ Stephen Strange\] is less strange than other characters I've played. He's lost the power to love, which doesn't make him a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/stephen-strange-is-less-strange-than-other-characters-i-ve-played-he/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ I wanted to take the audience on a journey where that transition was funny and awkward. It's the same cynicism that \[Strange\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-wanted-to-take-the-audience-on-a-journey-where-that-transition-was/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ I'm aware of \[Doctor Strange\] place within the comic pantheon of it all, the Marvelverse, but I don't email saying, "When are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-m-aware-of-doctor-strange-place-within-the-comic-pantheon-of-it-all/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ I really discovered \[Dr.Strange\] through hearing about this film and first meeting Scott \[Derrickson\] and getting into it and just opening up… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-really-discovered-dr-strange-through-hearing-about-this-film-and/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/it-s-an-interesting-arc-you-start-with-a-character-doctor-strange-who/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ \[Role of Dr.Strange\] gives me an excuse as an actor to be learning with my character, which is something you can do… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/role-of-dr-strange-gives-me-an-excuse-as-an-actor-to-be-learning-with/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [An inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that's what happens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/an-inflated-sense-of-self-importance-absolutely-but-i-think-it-comes/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ It's one of the things that attracted me to the role \[Doctor Strange\] is the fact that it's a really widely origin… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/it-s-one-of-the-things-that-attracted-me-to-the-role-doctor-strange/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ \[Doctor Strange\] is still quite cocky by the end of the film. No, I'd say the major curve for him is that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/doctor-strange-is-still-quite-cocky-by-the-end-of-the-film-no-i-d-say/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [Only when Stephen Strange has his accident and everything that he's ever had in his life falls apart that he becomes pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/only-when-stephen-strange-has-his-accident-and-everything-that-he-s/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ I've never done a lead role in a film this big \[like Doctor Strange\], in a franchise this big. One of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-ve-never-done-a-lead-role-in-a-film-this-big-like-doctor-strange-in/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/the-guy-doctor-strange-he-s-like-most-of-us-he-s-uncorrupted-flesh/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ \[Doctor Strange\] is difficult, he's arrogant, but he's kind of brilliant and charming and you'd think, "Yeah, I'd want him on my… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/doctor-strange-is-difficult-he-s-arrogant-but-he-s-kind-of-brilliant/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [Even though Doctor Strange is an established character, when you're doing an origin story there's a lot of room for manoeuvre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/even-though-doctor-strange-is-an-established-character-when-you-re/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [I've done a bit of live action before but the fight sequences, the wire work and the physical regime were taken to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-ve-done-a-bit-of-live-action-before-but-the-fight-sequences-the/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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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. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/there-s-a-heroic-amount-of-effort-that-goes-into-making-him-doctor/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-don-t-wear-a-mask-i-don-t-have-a-suit-it-s-not-some-cg-double-or-a/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ I'm sad in a way that the character \[Doctor Strange \] leaves \[neurosurgery\] behind. It's an amazing discipline. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-m-sad-in-a-way-that-the-character-doctor-strange-leaves/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [Doctor Strange is an origin story so there's a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/doctor-strange-is-an-origin-story-so-there-s-a-certain-room-for-me/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ I've never been front and centre as an iconic American character \[like in Doctor Strange\]. Day to day, you know you're painting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-ve-never-been-front-and-centre-as-an-iconic-american-character-like/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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> [ \[Doctor Strange\] is a really rich character. It's an easy thing to have a good old meal every day. It's great. Yeah,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/doctor-strange-is-a-really-rich-character-it-s-an-easy-thing-to-have/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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## Other authors on Strange

## More by Benedict Cumberbatch

> [We should have a conversation when we hang up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/we-should-have-a-conversation-when-we-hang-up/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [It's the same thing, I think, whether it's breathing or meditation or yoga. And running is a great way of doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/it-s-the-same-thing-i-think-whether-it-s-breathing-or-meditation-or/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [Being someone who is of our sensual reality, Stephen Strange has a lifestyle, he has a sexuality, he's materialistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/being-someone-who-is-of-our-sensual-reality-stephen-strange-has-a/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/if-you-have-an-over-preoccupation-with-perception-and-trying-to/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/being-on-set-is-quite-difficult-because-it-s-so-big-and-you-ve-got-to/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-know-that-might-sound-perverse-because-i-played-julian-assange-but/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [Maybe it's just getting older, but I don't want to miss things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/maybe-it-s-just-getting-older-but-i-don-t-want-to-miss-things/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-think-playing-any-iconic-role-when-you-re-stepping-into-big-shoes/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [ \[While voicing cartoons\] you have to lose your sanity and inhibitions and any kind of dignity and just throw yourself around a bit. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/while-voicing-cartoons-you-have-to-lose-your-sanity-and-inhibitions/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-m-not-very-geeky-i-m-quite-homespun-i-would-say-i-m-more-modern/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/this-is-an-odd-profession-and-sometimes-people-get-jealous-but-i/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-can-feel-infinitely-alive-curled-up-on-the-sofa-reading-a-book/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-think-with-any-characterization-there-s-a-point-where-you-empathize/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [When are you ever settled enough to have kids?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/when-are-you-ever-settled-enough-to-have-kids/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

> [You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/you-have-to-sometimes-just-run-with-the-problem-rather-than-trying-to/)

[Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/)

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