Quotes By Benedict Cumberbatch

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

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

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

Lines are very difficult to learn.

I realised quite early on that, although I wasn't trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals.

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

Having your adolescence at an all-male boarding school is just crap.

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

I have actual acting scars.

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

I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.

I was brought up in a world of privilege.

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

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

I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don't need.

I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.

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 love doing impersonations of people.

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