Every job is incredibly different, and I love it because you're picking up skill sets and experiences. It's the university of life.
Benedict CumberbatchI genuinely don't know Julian Assange well. To authenticate an opinion, I really would have to meet him.
Benedict CumberbatchThere's no shame in stealing - any actor who says he doesn't is lying. You steal from everything.
Benedict CumberbatchFame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.
Benedict CumberbatchI am also full of admiration for Chelsea Manning [formerly PFC Bradley Manning]. Regardless of which side of the argument you're on, he stood up for something he felt wasn't right. That was an extraordinarily brave thing to do, and I think he was unfairly punished for it. It's a really big deal what he did, and he did it for the betterment of all us, including the soldiers on the ground, as well as the civilians caught up in those conflicts.
Benedict CumberbatchWhen auditioning, I try to imagine that I'm the only person that they [directors] are seeing that day because it can be overwhelming, in the same sense that it could be overwhelming if you try to fulfil everyone's expectations rather than the people closest to you in the creative process, be it your director, or fellow actors and the writers. So, that's kind of it - I try to trick myself into believing that no one has ever gone there before.
Benedict Cumberbatch