Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had in my head from the written word. It gave me a passion for reading, thanks to my dad's performance of the book.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Dad, Book, Reading

  'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' Interview with Kam Williams, pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

• I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Book, Reading, Alive

• I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition of mine - anything from a mutated baddy in a comic book action thriller, to a detective. If anything, I'd like Gary Oldman's career: he's the perfect example of it. I've love to have a really broad sweep of characters - to be able to do something edgy, surprising and unfashionable.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Book, Ambition, Character

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I’m very excited about all the offers and interest and support pouring in through crowd-funding, and about having a lovely gap coming up when I’ll finally be able to sit down with books and scripts and talk to my partners about how we take the company forward.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Book, Support, Lovely

  ""The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" Interview with Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. December 10, 2013.

• I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Book, Character, Thinking

  "Tom Hiddleston". Interview with Benedict Cumberbatch, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 24, 2016.

• 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 and yet I can feel infinitely alive curled up on a sofa reading a book. So, what makes me feel alive? I guess it’s realizing I am part of the world around me.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Crazy, Book, Reading

• I've been reading the books. It's the origination, it's the primary source. You should always go back to the books.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Book, Reading, Source

  "Sherlock: Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman interview". Interview with Michael Leader, www.denofgeek.com. July 22, 2010.

• I just increasingly enjoy the quiet moments when I can be on my own with my friends and family, or with a book, having a live experience. That's really what I crave, and I always have done.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Book, Quiet Moments, Family And Friends

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