Benedict Cumberbatch Actors Quotations

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.

As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.

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.

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

[on BBC's Sherlock] It's a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It's a form of mental and physical gymnastics.

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

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