Maybe it's just getting older, but I don't want to miss things. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
There are very specific demands, though, in television, and you notice the budget constrictions. It's the time constraint and a purse constraint… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I want to do it all. I want to climb mountains, go through jungles, fight wars in space, get the girl, shoot… — 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
I had parents who were working actors, who did really well in their careers, but it was a living. So it was… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Sometimes being away, on location, I feel like I'm away for much of my own life. I want to be better at… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go… — 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
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
I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don't really want to talk about it, because you… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I'm interested in art for all. I don't want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less… — 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 thought, well, why am I giving up on my primary dream to work doubly hard, to do something as an alternative… — 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
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