Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch CBE is an English actor and film producer who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio. The son of actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, he graduated from the University of Manchester and continued his training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, obtaining a Master of Arts in Classical Acting. He first performed at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in Shakespearean productions and has portrayed George Tesman in Richard Eyre's revival...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth19 July 1976
CityLondon, England
I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.
Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.
Honestly, it's very satisfying, and I'm very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been. It's great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I'm enjoying now.
Metaphorically speaking, it's easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should take time to notice, enjoy and help each other.
I'm excited to see where the Illuminati and whatever else might happen, how that works, and where it ends up.
Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
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.
If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.
It's very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.
The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.
'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.
I wish my 15-year-old self had known about my allure to the opposite sex!