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I've never been front and cen...

I've never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you're painting on a very big canvas.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

An inflated sense of self-imp...

An inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that's what happens to all surgeons, I think. There's a huge degree of uncertainty and bafflement.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

I've turned up to costume par...

I've turned up to costume parties in the wrong costume. I've made social faux pas a plenty. I've put one foot in front of the other and fallen over.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

It's an interesting arc. You ...

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.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

What's not to look forward to...

What's not to look forward to? It's like all the actors in all of the films. It's difficult to get Martin Freeman and I in a room together. Imagine what it's like to get myself, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Elizabeth Olsen... these extraordinary actors who all have careers outside the Marvel Universe.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

[Sherlock Holmes] has to unde...

[Sherlock Holmes] has to understand the world. That's very much John's [Watson] influence on him. But like a lot of the friendships and relationships in that world, it's born out of necessity. It makes him better. There's a pragmatism to it. It's not whimsical or sentimental. It's born out of necessity.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

I don't wear a mask, I don't ...

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!

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

[Doctor Strange ] is slightly...

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

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

Even the cerebral characters ...

Even the cerebral characters I play seem to have physical quirks. They're all "physically inhabited," for lack off a better expression. For instance, Sherlock Holmes has very particular physical gestures which are drawn out in such detail.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

I was very keen to work on th...

I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story beats, changing lines, upping the comedy, changing the pace, all of that was great fun.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

This is an odd profession, an...

This is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy for me, which is really, really great.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

The guy [Doctor Strange], he'...

The guy [Doctor Strange], he's like most of us, he's uncorrupted flesh from the beginning of his life, he's somebody who's not marked with original sin or any kind of crap like that. He's somebody who's come into this world and had experiences that have shaped him to the point that we first meet him. There's always got to be leverage. I think there is some clear explanation of that within this film, but potentially further down the line...for more of that to come out as well.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

I think I'm a very good drive...

I think I'm a very good driver. Apparently, the cause of road rage - as with most anger - is some kind of superiority complex, which, god knows, cars foster.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

[Role of Dr.Strange] gives me...

[Role of Dr.Strange] gives me an excuse as an actor to be learning with my character, which is something you can do authentically - I'm not a martial arts expert, I'm certainly no sorcerer, so all these things, the movement of the body, the physicality, the changes he goes through mentally and physically, obviously we're not shooting in sequence, but it's a great part.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

[Sherlock Holmes] has moved f...

[Sherlock Holmes] has moved from being someone who was sociopathic, work-obsessed and slightly amoral, into being someone who has a certain degree of a private life, which is very, very private, with The Woman, or Irene Adler.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

I know that might sound perve...

I know that might sound perverse because I played Julian Assange but, honestly, I don't think it would be fair for me to judge the man. I realize that makes me a bit of a hypocrite because I was portraying him a certain way, but we were always open to the fact that this was an interpretation, not any kind of exact evidence of who the man was.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

I'm always keen to use my bod...

I'm always keen to use my body in my work, so I'm looking forward to the motion capture for Smaug. Both Gollum and King Kong were primates, whereas I'm playing a serpent, so it'll be interesting - I'll have to tie my legs together, possibly, or else they'll be kind of splayed out to the side as a reptile's should be.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

I think it's fair to say that...

I think it's fair to say that, yeah, I'm playing Doctor Strange, I get there.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

Maybe it's just getting older...

Maybe it's just getting older, but I don't want to miss things.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

It'd be really nice to wake u...

It'd be really nice to wake up looking like, I don't know, Jake Gyllenhaal and think "Let's try this on for a day and see how it feels.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

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