Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and four Golden Globes. In 2014, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015, he was appointed a CBE for services to performing arts and charity.

Cumberbatch studied drama at the Victoria University of Manchester and obtained a Master of Arts in classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He began acting in Shakespearean theatre productions before making his West End debut in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler in 2005. Since then, he has starred in Royal National Theatre productions of After the Dance and Frankenstein , winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for the latter. In 2015, he played the title role in Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre.

Cumberbatch's television work includes his performance as Stephen Hawking in the film Hawking . He gained wide recognition for portraying Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock from 2010 to 2017, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor. For playing the title role in the miniseries Patrick Melrose , he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor.

In films, Cumberbatch received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Alan Turing in The Imitation Game and a volatile rancher in The Power of the Dog . He has acted in several period dramas, including Amazing Grace , Atonement , Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , 12 Years a Slave , The Current War , 1917 and The Courier . He has also starred in numerous blockbuster films portraying Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness , Smaug and Sauron in The Hobbit film series , and Dr. Stephen Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including in the films Doctor Strange and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . Wikipedia  

✵ 19. July 1976
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Famous Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes

“I don’t know if watching your own work is a good or bad thing. I don’t know how much I learn from it. Each individual circumstance holds its own world of singularities and peculiarities. But among that, you can go: “Oh yeah, I remember that was what I tried to do.””

Sometimes it doesn’t fit with the cast or the energy of the scene or the beat of another character. But to sit down in the audience and go: “Oh my God, I think that was what I intended”, was great.
"Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘I loved not being a people-pleaser’" in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/17/benedict-cumberbatch-i-loved-not-being-a-people-pleaser (17 December 2021)

“It's part of the job to mythologise the experience, and you don't have to do that with this one. It's as easy as breath to talk about this one.”

"Benedict Cumberbatch Interview - Star Of 'Sherlock' And 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Reveals His Only Fear..." in The Huffington Post https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/08/benedict-cumberbatch-interview-sherlock-star-trek-into-darkness_n_3235975.html (8 July 2013)

“Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.”

"The 5-minute Interview: Benedict Cumberbatch, Actor" in The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-benedict-cumberbatch-actor-779150.html (7 February 2008)

“I'm good at being self-critical. I've also been told that I'm good at taking up new sports. I'm a fast learner and pick things up very quickly.”

"The 5-minute Interview: Benedict Cumberbatch, Actor" in The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-benedict-cumberbatch-actor-779150.html (7 February 2008)

“If I get something wrong or if I'm late it's an act of wilfulness. This is not the case; it's disorganisation on my part.”

"The 5-minute Interview: Benedict Cumberbatch, Actor" in The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-benedict-cumberbatch-actor-779150.html (7 February 2008)

“I would say in compound sense of what little I know is it’s definitely darker in tone, and in terms of advice for taking kids of a certain age, it’s going to be prohibitive for certain people of a certain age because it is scary.”

"Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is genuinely scary’" in Esquire Middle East https://www.esquireme.com/culture/interviews/benedict-cumberbatch-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-is-genuinely-scary

“I was very, very into techno for a long time. That was my bag at uni. I went clubbing a lot and all sorts of nonsense ensued. Havok on a Friday was my favourite night because I just loved dancing.”

"Benedict Cumberbatch: “Techno was my bag at uni – I went clubbing a lot”" in NME https://www.nme.com/features/film-interviews/benedict-cumberbatch-interview-radiohead-the-power-of-the-dog-3097698 (18 November 2021)

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