Quote by Benedict Cumberbatch Download Open image “All the backstories are there but not talked about.” — Benedict Cumberbatch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present. — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
I'm not especially interested in the job of the historian or journalist of trying to figure out what was true and what was not. — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
Other people's lives come at us without a backstory most of the time. The present is like that. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Don't forget this, too: Rumors aren't interested in the unsensational story; rumors don't care what's true. — John Irving Copy Share Image
I once interviewed David Herbert Donald, the Lincoln historian, and we talked about how one deals with the secondary sources and the previous biographies.… — Stacy Schiff 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