Quotes by Benedict Cumberbatch

“I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.”

“One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised, there is nowhere for you to look any more. You can't sit on a night bus and watch it all happen.”

“I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.”

“I've seen and swam and climbed and lived and driven and filmed. Should it all end tomorrow, I can definitely say there would be no regrets. I am very lucky, and I know it. I really have lived 5,000...”

“I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.”

“I've been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I've suddenly realised it is one of life's joys.”

“My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.”

“I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.”

“I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.”

“Lines are very difficult to learn.”

“Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.”

“Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.”

“I am very flattered. I have also become a verb as in "I have cumberbatched the UK audience" apparently. Who knows, by the end of the year I might become a swear word too! It's crazy and fun and ver...”

“I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition of mine - anything from a mutated baddy in a comic book action thriller...”

“We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor.”

“The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.”

“Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.”

“The number of people my age, younger now, a whole generation younger, who are fiercely bright, over-educated, under-employed and who are politicised and purposeless really upsets me. It's soul-dest...”

“To get a horse to hit a mark without a rider, to get it to stand up, to get it to rear, to get it to pick up a bucket and bring it over is amazing. It's hard work and very rewarding but can be dang...”

“Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don't know anyone on Earth who doesn't, but I do find it funny.”