The training gave me the building blocks to get through it. A production of that scale, in a theater that big, you are going to struggle to keep your voice at first-run perfectness. All that work I did - the pull-ups and pushups - helped keep my body fit. Hamlet, the show, is a cardiovascular workout of about three hours, never mind the mental, soul-crushing element of it.
All the backstories are there but not talked about. - Benedict Cumberbatch
All the backstories are there but not talked about.
- Benedict Cumberbatch
I was never geeky about anything. - Benedict Cumberbatch
I was never geeky about anything.
I don't call myself an expert because I've played experts. I know a little bit about very little. But it's very hard to not be drawn into saying some… - Benedict Cumberbatch
I don't call myself an expert because I've played experts. I know a little bit about very little. But it's very hard to not be drawn into saying some…
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
I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
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. I… - Benedict Cumberbatch
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. I…
I like to think that we’re revolving on this planet and revolving through the galaxy. I love having context that’s so much bigger than I can fathom. … - Benedict Cumberbatch
I like to think that we’re revolving on this planet and revolving through the galaxy. I love having context that’s so much bigger than I can fathom. …
I actually do mind having a photo taken because it's one o'clock in the morning and I'm off my face. - Benedict Cumberbatch
I actually do mind having a photo taken because it's one o'clock in the morning and I'm off my face.
I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab. - Benedict Cumberbatch
I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
I've gone up two suit sizes. The character I'm playing, he's strong, I can say that much. I've changed my physique a bit, so that requires eating lik… - Benedict Cumberbatch
I've gone up two suit sizes. The character I'm playing, he's strong, I can say that much. I've changed my physique a bit, so that requires eating lik…
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