Actor is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy for me, which is really, really great.
Benedict CumberbatchI genuinely don't know Julian Assange well. To authenticate an opinion, I really would have to meet him.
Benedict CumberbatchLooking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
Benedict CumberbatchMy assessment of Julian Assange is a professional one, really, of what he's managed to achieve, and the idea that he came up with, which set the world alight and continues to inspire others like Snowden [NSA leaker Edward Snowden], about the secret goings-on that are done in our name with our tax dollars on behalf of big business or politics. He launched the revolutionary idea that citizens can start to claim back a paradigm for questioning power structures and those in authority through an anonymous, whistle-blowing website.
Benedict Cumberbatch