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My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education. (Benedict Cumberbatch)
Lines are very difficult to learn. View quote
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When you freefall for 7,000 feet it doesn't feel like you're falling: it feels like you're floating, a bit like scuba diving. View quote
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It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside. View quote
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Someone will always hate what I say. There's always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting. View quote
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I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot. View quote
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If I'd had fame early on, I'd have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should. View quote
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I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive. View quote
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The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor. View quote
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There's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee. View quote
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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. (Benedict Cumberbatch)
As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life. View quote
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Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it. View quote
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Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids. View quote
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I'll always do 'Sherlock' - it's something I'm not going to give up on. View quote
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Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate. View quote
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I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy. View quote
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I was brought up in a world of privilege. View quote
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I haven't done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you're most recently famed for, so I'm careful of not repeating myself. View quote
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I had a real yearning to make use of the opportunities I had at school. When I heard about the gap year of teaching English at a Tibetan monastery, I knew I had to do something about it really quickly, otherwise it was going to get allocated. View quote
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Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me. (Benedict Cumberbatch)
My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War. View quote
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When are you ever settled enough to have kids? View quote
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It is a wonderful thing to get married young and become a father. View quote
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To get a horse to hit a mark without a rider, to get it to stand up, to get it to rear, to get it to pick up a bucket and bring it over is amazing. It's hard work and very rewarding but can be dangerous. View quote
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