My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan’s ‘The Browning Version,’ where my job was to make school-masters’ wives weep with recognition. Benedict Cumberbatch Read Quote
I never was obsessive about anything I watched when I was a kid, except maybe ‘The A-Team’ and ‘Airwolf’… And I loved ‘Knight Rider’ and then later ‘Baywatch.’ Benedict Cumberbatch Read Quote
The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor. Benedict Cumberbatch Read Quote
I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route. Benedict Cumberbatch Read Quote
Benedict’ means ‘blessed.’ My parents liked the sound of the name and felt slightly blessed because they’d been trying for a child for a very long time. Benedict Cumberbatch Read Quote
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. Benedict Cumberbatch Read Quote
New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I’ve always had dear friends here – family, actually, I would say. Benedict Cumberbatch Read Quote
When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don’t really want to talk about it, because you have this innate sense of guilt that it’s not fair that others aren’t doing exactly what you’re doing. I do have that. Benedict Cumberbatch Read Quote
There’s no shame in stealing – any actor who says he doesn’t is lying. You steal from everything. Benedict Cumberbatch Read Quote
