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I was thrilled with how the f...

I was thrilled with how the first series of 'Sherlock' was received. It was such great fun to film, which makes it so rewarding when something you enjoy is so well received.

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My first agent dissuaded me f...

My first agent dissuaded me from calling myself 'Cumberbatch.' I had six months of not very productive time with her, so I changed agents. The new one said, 'Why aren't you using your family name? It's a real attention-grabber.' I worried, 'How much is it going to cost to put my name in lights?' But then I decided that's not my problem.

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I realised quite early on tha...

I realised quite early on that, although I wasn't trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

I’m very excited about all th...

I’m very excited about all the offers and interest and support pouring in through crowd-funding, and about having a lovely gap coming up when I’ll finally be able to sit down with books and scripts and talk to my partners about how we take the company forward.

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Our daily lives are so mundan...

Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don't see beyond that.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

Any privacy in public is a ha...

Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

'Frankenstein' was all about ...

'Frankenstein' was all about the idea that, through electricity and the destruction of night, man creating light and darkness, we took on god-like powers and then abused them like gods, and we are only men. That's a story about man making a man in his own image. The inversion of natural order.

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I haven't done period dramas ...

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.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

When you freefall for 7,000 f...

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.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

I love doing impersonations o...

I love doing impersonations of people.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

Landing the role of Stephen H...

Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.

Benedict Cumberbatch 204 quotes

The number of people my age, ...

The number of people my age, younger now, a whole generation younger, who are fiercely bright, over-educated, under-employed and who are politicised and purposeless really upsets me. It's soul-destroying.

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It's difficult because nothin...

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 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.'

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There's no shame in stealing ...

There's no shame in stealing - any actor who says he doesn't is lying. You steal from everything.

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Pull the hair on my head the ...

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

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My mum and dad had worked inc...

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

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The world of 'Sherlock Holmes...

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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I'm quite sensitive to people...

I'm quite sensitive to people noticing me. There are times when I'm relaxed, then others when it does make me self-conscious.

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People's hands fascinate me. ...

People's hands fascinate me. It's tempting to look at a businessman's left hand and see if there's an indentation from a missing wedding ring. Or maybe there's a tan line and the skin is pressed down where's he's worked a ring off his finger.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....