301 Quotes by Benedict Cumberbatch

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

I am very flattered. I have also become a verb as in "I have cumberbatched the UK audience" apparently. Who knows, by the end of the year I might become a swear word too! It's crazy and fun and very flattering.

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

I've been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I've suddenly realised it is one of life's joys.

I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.

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

I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.