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… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
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 Image
The first time we did cavalry charge I was so breathless with excitement I nearly fell off the horse. I actually saw… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
If you can't jump on board when the ride's going past that's it, it usually goes by, so the hugest compliment they… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
'Benedict' means 'blessed.' My parents liked the sound of the name and felt slightly blessed because they'd been trying for a child… — 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
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
I try to work hard. I'm really proud of what I get to do as a living. I still pinch myself. But… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I tend to have a cup of tea, try to stop worrying about what I did wrong, cool down and will the… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
It'd be really nice to wake up looking like, I don't know, Jake Gyllenhaal and think, 'Let's try this on for a… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I realised quite early on that, although I wasn't trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual,… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I don't think I could form my writing into scripts or novels. It's so sporadic. My writing's pretty poor. I often think,… — 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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