--- title: "12 Years Quotes By Benedict Cumberbatch" description: "12 Years quotes by Benedict Cumberbatch. Plus more from Benedict Cumberbatch and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_about_there-s-a-huge-raft-of-roles-that-actors_2457673.jpg" --- > [There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/there-s-a-huge-raft-of-roles-that-actors-in-our-culture-perform-and/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_about_there-s-a-huge-raft-of-roles-that-actors_2457673.jpg) > [ I had to kiss it \[ playing Hamlet\] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-had-to-kiss-it-playing-hamlet-goodbye-because-marvel-have-to-plot/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99d/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_four_i-had-to-kiss-it-playing-hamlet-goodbye_905300.jpg) > [I'm not an overnight success. I've been doing it for 12 years. It's been lovely and varied so far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-m-not-an-overnight-success-i-ve-been-doing-it-for-12-years-it-s/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_lovely_i-m-not-an-overnight-success-i-ve-been-d_2231738.jpg) > [I've said for quite a long time I'd like him to have a different haircut. I quite like my hair being short.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-ve-said-for-quite-a-long-time-i-d-like-him-to-have-a-different/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_different_i-ve-said-for-quite-a-long-time-i-d-like_816264.jpg) > [I am very flattered. I have also become a verb as in "I have cumberbatched the UK audience" apparently. Who knows, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-am-very-flattered-i-have-also-become-a-verb-as-in-i-have/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_audience_i-am-very-flattered-i-have-also-become-a_1360054.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/do-awards-change-careers-well-i-haven-t-heard-of-many-stories-where/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_award_do-awards-change-careers-well-i-haven-t_2477344.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/honestly-it-s-very-satisfying-and-i-m-very-very-happy-about-how/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_enjoy_honestly-it-s-very-satisfying-and-i-m-ve_3091000.jpg) > [I had a real yearning to make use of the opportunities I had at school. When I heard about the gap year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-had-a-real-yearning-to-make-use-of-the-opportunities-i-had-at/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_education_i-had-a-real-yearning-to-make-use-of-the_2346941.jpg) > [I had a very sparse comic upbringing - not because I was being whipped into reading Chekhov and Dickens, but I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/i-had-a-very-sparse-comic-upbringing-not-because-i-was-being-whipped/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_chekhov_i-had-a-very-sparse-comic-upbringing-not_2083251.jpg) > [Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/do-i-like-being-thought-of-as-attractive-i-don-t-know-anyone-on-earth-2/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_attractive_do-i-like-being-thought-of-as-attractive_2873395.jpg) > [Thus, a vision of the whole gradually grew for me that was nourished by the various experiences and realizations I had encountered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/thus-a-vision-of-the-whole-gradually-grew-for-me-that-was-nourished/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_able_thus-a-vision-of-the-whole-gradually-gre_2637235.jpg) > [ The story \[in 12 Years a Slave\] serves as a metaphor for the fear of having your family taken away, and for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/the-story-in-12-years-a-slave-serves-as-a-metaphor-for-the-fear-of/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c06/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_absence_the-story-in-12-years-a-slave-serves-as_2982882.jpg) ## Other authors on Years ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years/benedict-cumberbatch/#itemlist", "name": "12 Years Quotes By Benedict Cumberbatch", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets in a year. 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