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I’ll just waffle on like I just did then and answer many of your questions. That’s what happens in interviews. That’s why I always get fucked up by journalists.
Benedict Cumberbatch when told it was the last question.
We’re all different, in different ways, if that makes sense, which in the end is what makes us the same
Benedict Cumberbatch talking about humanity
He has his lip scar because he impaled it on his braces!
Benedict Cumberbatch about scar
Your limitations make you unique
Benedict Cumberbatch on advice for young actors
In the first season I tried to solve crimes.
Benedict Cumberbatch. On preparing for Sherlock
Fan: What's the strangest encounter with a fan you've ever had?
Benedict: [rambles on for a bit about trying to remember] I've got so many things going around in my head but I can't think of a specific one
Another fan: USE YOUR MIND PALACE!
Benedict: (laughs) There are several doors in my mind palace that aren't fit for public consumption
He’s still capable of learning
Benedict cumberbatch on Sherlock
Tom Hiddleston sent me the riding crop
I do vocal warmups all morning. Martin has started to do them as well, even in scenes when he doesn’t say anything. He might be taking the piss.
Benedict Cumberbatch. Getting prepared for Sherlock
I was wearing a loud shirt and I was really nervous and he just looked across at me at one point, just smiled… I smiled and I caught his eye, looked away, looked back and he was still smiling. I smiled back and his smile got a little bigger. Oh my God, I said “I’m just going to go outside and have a cigarette…” and his partner said “Stephen’s not very keen on smoking.” And I went, “Oh fuck, sorry.” And Stephen just grinned even more.
Benedict Cumberbatch on meeting Stephen Hawking for the first time (OzComicCon, Adelaida)
I’m very much in the belief that he took his own life…his way of loving, his way of being and we lost a great hero.
Benedict Cumberbatch on Turing
By the way if you call me Sherlock out on the street I won’t turn around.
Fan: What's the most embarrassing song that you have on your iPod?
Benedict: *sings Puff the Magic Dragon under his breath*
My favourite childhood movie? Ghostbusters.
I’m sorry! I don’t have a bad taste in music! I even have Australians on here!
Benedict Cumberbatch when asked about the most embarrassing song on his phone
I have access to a hotel with dry cleaning.
Benedict Cumberbatch when asked why he wears the same shirt all the time at Sydney
Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible’.
Fan: You've played a lot of geeky characters...
Benedict: *narrows eyes*
Benedict (in Khans voice): is Khan a geek?
Benedict (in Smaugs voice): Is Smaug a geek?
Benedict (in a Sherlock type voice): Sherlock's a geek!
My work is for the public and my life is for myself
Geeks have always kind of secretly ruled [the world]