301 Quotes by Benedict Cumberbatch

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.

I’ve always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.

Mum did a lot of commercial theatre and farces in the 1980s and ’90s to make sure the school bills were paid.

Mystique is rare now, isn’t it? There aren’t that many enigmas in this modern world.

I wasn’t born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.

Look at you lot, you’re all so vacant, is it nice not being me it must be so relaxing.

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.

I’m sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that’s for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.

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.