The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
Benedict CumberbatchI'm quite sensitive to people noticing me. There are times when I'm relaxed, then others when it does make me self-conscious.
Benedict CumberbatchI always get self-conscious about what I look like in a film, but less so if I'm a character very far removed from who I am. Then I just worry about the performance, and that's equally an odd experience.
Benedict CumberbatchThere are very specific demands, though, in television, and you notice the budget constrictions. It's the time constraint and a purse constraint more than anything else that you notice. But the ambition of the writing and, hopefully, the delivery of it gets better and better because we want to outdo ourselves to keep ahead of a very expectant and hungry public.
Benedict Cumberbatch