Cumberbatch - it sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn't it? What a fluffy old name. I can never say it on a Monday morning. When I became an actor, Mum wasn't keen on me keeping it.

I'm still very sensitive and wary of people recognising me The only thing that really annoys me is people trying to surreptitiously take a photo on their phone without asking. I feel it's cowardly and a bit pathetic. Just ask me if you really want me to have a photograph with you.

I am a PR disaster because I talk too much.

The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.

I'd shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it's the same with that.

I keep myself amused and others confused

I feel like I'm away for much of my own life.