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'Benedict' means 'blessed.' My parents liked the sound of the name and felt slightly blessed because they'd been trying for a child for a very long time.

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

I'm not confident in social situations; just going up to someone in a bar and saying 'Hi' is going to be even more difficult because they won't know the real me. They will just know me as a fictional person I play on the screen.

Benedict Cumberbatch

'Benedict' means 'blessed.' My parents liked the sound of the name and felt slightly blessed because they'd been trying for a child for a very long time.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

I am a PR disaster because I talk too much.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

When are you ever settled enough to have kids?

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

I have actual acting scars.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Lines are very difficult to learn.

Benedict Cumberbatch

There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets in a year. It's not something to be completely daunted by.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.

Benedict Cumberbatch

I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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 Cumberbatch

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.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Someone will always hate what I say. There's always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

I wasn't born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.

Benedict Cumberbatch

I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Live a life less ordinary.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

I was brought up in a world of privilege.

Benedict Cumberbatch

I love doing impersonations of people.

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.

Benedict Cumberbatch

There's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.

Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Benedict Cumberbatch

There's no shame in stealing - any actor who says he doesn't is lying. You steal from everything.

Benedict Cumberbatch