Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes

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• I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.
• I was the boy that turned a girlfriend into the most celebrated lesbian on television. I got so much stick for that.
• I've turned up to costume parties in the wrong costume. I've made social faux pas a plenty. I've put one foot in front of the…
• I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I'm here to tell you I'm quite…
• I like to think that we’re revolving on this planet and revolving through the galaxy. I love having context that’s so much bigger than I…
• Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.
• We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
• Being in front of an audience makes me feel alive. Being with friends makes me feel alive. I’ve done some crazy stuff in my time…
• You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.
• I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.
• Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.
• I realised quite early on that, although I wasn't trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals.
• Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.
• I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don't need.
• I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
• I'll always do 'Sherlock' - it's something I'm not going to give up on.
• My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
• The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
• Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.
• I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.

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