Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes - Page 7

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• It was great. I got to hang out with him [Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins], and I kept a straight face for a bit and then I started giggling because I know Martin, I don't know Bilbo. For Martin to be sitting there playing Bilbo is amazing. He's going to be amazing, he's going to be fantastic in this film.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Sitting, Faces, Film

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

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• We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.

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  War, Fighting, Reality

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• I'm interested in art for all. I don't want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays.

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  Daughter, Art, Son

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• [Season 4 of Sherlock Holmes will be] myopically dark. You're talking about the end of the universe darkness. You can't see in front of you and would walk into everything dark.

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  Dark, Talking, Ends

  Source: collider.com

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• 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 people who supported me early on to see the success I'm enjoying now.

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  Successful, Years, People

  "“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Interview with Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. December 10, 2103.

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• Sherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don't think he's one of them. He uses similar means, but it seems to be for a better purpose, one would hope.

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  Mean, Angel, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• It's difficult because nothing's preordained by plan and you can't control it. That's one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.

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  Reality, Joy, Luck

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• 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 can't process that.

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  Thinking, Shoes, People

  "‘Doctor Strange': Benedict Cumberbatch on His Strange Journey to Becoming the Sorcerer Supreme". Interview with Haleigh Foutch, collider.com. September 27, 2016.

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• You'd have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].

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  Doctors, Guy, Strange

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• Sherlock being the most prevalent, and they've been really good fun.

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  Fun, Good Fun

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• There's a huge amount of footage of Julian [ Assange] online, but he's usually in presentation or defending mode, talking about his cause, or the revelations which Wikileaks have brought about. There's none of Assange relaxing or in private mode. There's none of the personality I tried to give him behind closed doors [in The Fifth Estate ].

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  Doors, Talking, Giving

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• I'm sad in a way that the character [Doctor Strange ] leaves [neurosurgery] behind. It's an amazing discipline.

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  Character, Doctors, Discipline

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• Kevin Feige said to me: "I don't think we've ever put an actor through quite as much as this, physically and mentally." I'll wear that as a badge of honour. It was endless.

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  Thinking, Actors, Kevin

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• I don't wear a mask, I don't have a suit. It's not some CG double or a stunt double. The suffering the character [Doctor Strange ] goes through is immense!

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  Character, Doctors, Suffering

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• It's an interesting arc. You start with a character [Doctor Strange] who's likeable and charming but very arrogant and distant. He's funny but you can see there are massive holes in his life. It's a very painful transition and all that he becomes is tested so quickly and violently.

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  Character, Doctors, Interesting

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• There's a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.

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  Doctors, Superhero, Effort

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• I'm quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].

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  Character, Doctors, People

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• [Doctor Strange ] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he's very loved by people who know him.

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  Men, Doctors, People

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• If you can't jump on board when the ride's going past that's it, it usually goes by, so the hugest compliment they paid me was to come back to me. It motivated me to try to fulfill their faith.

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  Past, Trying, Boards

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• I was never geeky about anything.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  "‘Doctor Strange': Benedict Cumberbatch on His Strange Journey to Becoming the Sorcerer Supreme". Interview with Haleigh Foutch, collider.com. September 27, 2016.

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

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  Book, Character, Thinking

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

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• It's very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.

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  Skills, Cynical, Kind

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

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• There's another weight of us being in the public eye, which is this presumption that, because your work and your promotion work is very public, your private life should be, too.

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  Eye, Weight, Promotion

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

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• Only when Stephen Strange has his accident and everything that he's ever had in his life falls apart that he becomes pretty monstrous. It's the self-loathing rage of a wounded animal and he doesn't have a coping mechanism at all. It ties in with the discipline and the magic of this world.

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  Fall, Animal, Self

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it's not all about him.

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  Lessons, Strange, Film

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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