Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 19, 1976

I got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was actually describing on twitter what I was doing. 'I took a shirt off, I went to the window, I put a shirt back on... ' And I've got blinds in my flat!

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I was happy as an only child, but I've always wanted to be part of a bigger family.

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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.

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I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.

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I have an appetite for the normal in my life, as well as the abnormal.

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I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.

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The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.

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Having your adolescence at an all-male boarding school is just crap.

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I love doing impersonations of people.

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One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised, there is nowhere for you to look any more. You can't sit on a night bus and watch it all happen.

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I've been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I've suddenly realised it is one of life's joys.

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I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

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I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.

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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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Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

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We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor.

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My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.

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I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.

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I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don't need.

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Lines are very difficult to learn.

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